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This text, based on detailed research at national, regional and workplace level, analyzes the development of trade unions and industrial relations in Russia since the collapse of the Soviet system.
Many commentators expected the Russian trade unions to collapse along with the system of which they were an integral part, but the trade unions survived the storms of the Yeltsin era by adopting a strategy of 'social partnership'. This book, based on case-study and survey resear…
Based on case studies and survey research in eight Russian regions, provides an account of the development of trade unionism in Russia since the collapse of the soviet system. Reviews the political role, structure and functions of the trade unions, the development of social part…