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Calcutta Tramways Workers' and Employees' Union

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Calcutta Tramways Workers' and Employees' Union is a trade union of workers at the Kolkata tramway. CTW&EU is affiliated to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions. CTW&EU was founded in 1975.[citation needed]

History

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The first union involving tram workers in Kolkata was the Calcutta Tramways Employees' Union (CTEU), which was founded in 1920 following a spontaneous strike on 1 October of that year.[1]

In 1927, the union was reorganised into the Calcutta Tramways Workers' Union.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Ray, Siddhartha Guha (1986). "Tramworkers of Calcutta: Some Reflections on Their Unionisation and Political Experience 1920 to 1930". Social Scientist. 14 (5): 15–32. doi:10.2307/3520205. ISSN 0970-0293.
  2. ^ "Calcutta Tramways - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 12 June 2025.