Tributes to Com. K Thulaseedharan

Statement issued by the CITU state secretariat.

Thiruvananthapuram, April 5: The CITU state secretariat expressed deep grief and condolences at the death of Com. K Thulaseedharan, a senior CITU leader in Kollam district who worked in the leadership of various unions in Kollam from the time the CITU was formed.

He served for a long time as a member of the CITU all-India general council and state committee and as CITU Kollam district secretary. K Thulaseedharan was a leader who played a decisive role in organising workers in the traditional sectors of Kollam district and bringing them into the CITU. He was serving as secretary of the Kollam District Headload Workers Union and state president of the Cashew Centre. The comrade's death is a great loss to the trade union movement in Kerala, and in Kollam district in particular.

Elamaram Kareem (General Secretary)