Roy, after a split from the All India Trade Union Congress.
[1][2] In 1944 IFL was widely discredited as it was revealed that the organisation had received funding from the British authorities.
IFL was able to retain some influence in Bombay and maintained contacts in scattered pockets.
After the war, both AITUC and IFL were recognised by the government, for the purpose of representing Indian labour in the ILO.
Pillai spoke on behalf of the Federation in London at the World Trade Union Conference.