Trade unions in transitional Russia – peculiarities, current status and new challenges
Trade unions in transitional Russia – peculiarities, current status and new challenges

Summary/Abstract: Over the last two decades, Russian trade unions have been going through a very difficult period in their development. However, despite all the difficulties and criticisms associated with their work, trade unions still remain an integral part of the social and political system, and one of the most important actors in terms of regulating relations between employers and employees. This is of special importance for Russia. If, during the 1990s, the majority of the population saw themselves as victims of the transition to capitalism, in the new millennium they have the opportunity to realise all the advantages and disadvantages of living in a market economy and the consequences of their country joining the global economic system. We can undoubtedly say that trade unions still suffer from the so-called illness of ‘adaptation to market realities’, although it should be noted that, in the meantime, the ‘patients’ (trade unions), the illness and the methods to cure it, as well as the recovery period, have all changed.

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