All India Defence Employees Federation is a
trade union
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits (s ...
in
India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
that organizes civilian workers in factories and other establishments under the Ministry of Defence. AIDEF is supported jointly by the
All India Trade Union Congress
The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) is the oldest trade union federation in India. It is associated with the Communist Party of India. According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, AITUC had a membership of 14.2 mill ...
and the
Centre of Indian Trade Unions
Centre of Indian Trade Unions, CITU is a National level Trade Union in India and its trade union wing is a spearhead of the Indian Trade Union Movement. The Centre of Indian Trade Unions is today one of biggest assemblies of workers and classe ...
. AIDEF was founded in 1953.
S.N. Pathak is the president C. Srikumar are General Secretary's of AIDEF.(From June'2013 to June 2016)
AIDEF opposes privatization of Defence units and ordnance factories.
Trade unions in India
Trade unions established in 1953
Trade unions in Indian Defence
Defence and munitions trade unions
1953 establishments in India
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