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All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions

All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions

Central trade union body in the Soviet Union


The All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions (ACCTU; Russian: Всесоюзный центральный совет профессиональных союзов, VTsSPS) was the national trade union federation of the Soviet Union.

The federation was established in January 1918. In October 1990, it was dissolved, and replaced by the General Confederation of Trade Unions of the USSR.[1]

History

Precursors

In 1905, First All Russian Conference of Trade Unions was held.

In 1906, Second All Russian Conference of Trade Unions was held.

In 1917, Third All-Russian Conference of Trade Unions was held.

In 1918, Fourth All Russian Conference of Trade Unions was held.

The Federation

In 1945, the World Trade Union Conference took place in London, United Kingdom, organised alongside the British Trades Union Congress and the U.S. Congress of Industrial Organizations.

Affiliates

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Presidents

1918: Grigory Zinoviev
1918: Mikhail Tomsky
1929: Alexander Dogadov
1930: Nikolai Shvernik
1944: Vasili Kuznetsov
1953: Nikolai Shvernik
1956: Viktor Grishin
1967: Alexander Shelepin
1976: Alexei Shibaev
1982: Stepan Shalaev
1990: Gennady Yanayev

References

  1. Ashwin, Sarah; Clarke, Simon (2002). Russian Trade Unions and Industrial Relations in Transition. Basingstoke: Palgrave. ISBN 9780230598355.
  2. Directory of Labor Organizations: Europe. Vol. 2. Washington DC: United States Department of Labor. 1965. p. 29.129.11.

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