Inventory of the Russian independent trade union publications collection, 1987-1999
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Title: Russian independent trade union publications collection, 1987-1999
Date (inclusive): 1987-1999
Collection Number: 2009C16
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
5 manuscript boxes
(2.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The collection is comprised of serial issues, pamphlets, leaflets, and circulated documents issued by Russian independent
trade unions, relating to the labor movement in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2009.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Russian independent trade union publications collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover
Institution Library & Archives.
Historical Note
In the Soviet Union, labor unions were generally guided by Communist party policy, with the All-Union Central Council of Trade
Unions (VTsSPS) in the forefront. Labor unions incorporated a majority of the labor force, as trade union membership was mandatory.
The unions distributed and administered a wide range of social services to workers.
After the Perestroika in 1990, the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR) was established and became the
post-Soviet successor of the VTsSPS, inheriting its resources as a monopolistic representative of workers' interests. At the
same time, liberalization and economic reforms caused a tremendous wave of labor protest. Following the strike wave, the independence
of the trade unions from the party was sealed in 1990 by the amendment of the Soviet constitution and the Soviet trade union
law.
The mass protests that marked the end of the 1990s disappeared and since then social peace reigned, supported by economic
growth and high world energy prices. The result was that most alternative unions either faded away or accommodated with management
and shifted into a "traditional" company union. The Independent Miners' Union, which was the heart of the movement, disappeared.
The trade unions of dockers and air traffic controllers, originally formed as independent professional unions from the traditional
sector unions, struggled to survive. In some regions the regional administration used the trade unions as an instrument for
monitoring local employers, just as the Communist Party did in the past, and the employer might approach the regional trade
union organization with a request to establish a trade union branch in order to manage conflicts on the employers' behalf.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection documents the role of the trade unions in the political life, the structure of Soviet and post-Soviet trade
unions. It contains serial issues, pamphlets, leaflets, and circulated documents issued by Russian independent trade unions.
Documents of "official" or "traditional" trade unions affiliated with the FNPR; and alternative or free labor unions independent
from the FNPR are included. There are publications and reports of the Independent Trade Union of Miners (NPG), which marked
the beginning of the alternative labor movement in Russia in 1991.
The collection also contains publications of the All-Russian Confederation of Labor (VKT), the Russian Confederation of Labor
(KTR), and the Trade Union Association of Russia (SOTSPROF).
Arrangement
The collection is organized alphabetically by publishing organization.
Related Materials
SMOT (Svobodnoe mezhprofessional'noe ob'edinenie trudiashchikhsia) records, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rostislav Evdokimov papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Oleg Nikolaevich Moskvin papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Labor movement -- Russia (Federation)
Labor movement -- Soviet Union
box 1, folder 1
Assotsiatsiia Sovetskoĭ professional'no-tekhnicheskoĭ shkoly
1991
box 1, folder 2
Cherezvychinyĭ s'ezd trudiashchikhsia Pridnestrov'ia
1992
box 1, folder 3-4
Demokraticheskoe dvizhenie "Nezavisimost',"
1989-2000
box 1, folder 5-13
Federatsiia Nezavisimykh Profsoiuzov RSFSR
1991-1999
box 1, folder 14
Federatsiia Profsoiuzov Aviatsionnykh Dispetcherov
1992-1997
box 2, folder 1
Institut Svobodnykh Profsoiuzov
1992-1997
box 2, folder 2
International Labor Conferences
1992-1993
box 2, folder 3
Klub demokratizatsii profsoiuzov
circa 1992
box 2, folder 4
Konfederatsiia svobodnykh profsoiuzov transporta Rossii
1993-1998
box 2, folder 5-6
Konfederatsiia Truda Rossii
1991-1998
box 2, folder 7-13
Leningradskaia (Sankt-Peterburgskaia) federatsiia profsoiuzov
1991-1996
box 2, folder 14
Mezhprofessional'nyĭ soiuz rabochikh Magnitki
circa 1990
box 2, folder 15
Moskovskaia federatsiia profsoiuzov
1991-1995
box 2, folder 16
Nauchnyĭ tsentr profsoiuzov
1993
box 2, folder 17
Nezavisimyĭ professional'nyĭ soiuz "Svobodnyĭ Trud,"
1991
box 2, folder 18
Nezavisimyĭ profsoiuz "Osvobozhdenie,"
circa 1990
box 2, folder 19
Nezavisimyĭ profsoiuz gorniakov Rossii
1990-1998
box 3, folder 1-2
Ob"edinenie profsoiuzov "Sotsprof,"
1989-1996
box 3, folder 3
Ob"edinenie svobodnykh profsoiuzov "Spravedlivost',"
1993-1994
box 3, folder 4
Ob"edinennyĭ vsesoiuznyĭ tsentral'nyĭ komitet svobodnykh profsoiuzov
1994-1995
box 3, folder 5
Ob"edinenie professional'nykh soiuzov trudiashchikhsia kooperativnykh predpriiatii SSSR
1990
box 3, folder 6
Obshcherossiiskoe obshchestvenno-politicheskoe dvizhenie "Soiuz Truda,"
1998
box 3, folder 7-8
Permskiĭ Rabochiĭ Soiuz
1987-1995
box 3, folder 9
Pervyĭ s"ezd rabochilh dvizheniĭ I organizatsii trudiachshikhsia SSSR
1990
box 3, folder 10
Professional'nye Soiuzy RSFSR "Edinenie,"
1991-1992
box 3, folder 11
Profkom "Energetik,"
1992
box 3, folder 12
Profsoiuz "Studencheskaia Zashchita,"
1990
box 3, folder 13
Profsoiuz mashinostroiteleĭ Rossiiskoĭ Federatsii
1990
box 3, folder 14
Profsoiuz voditileĭ taksi Sankt-Peterburga
1990-1992
box 3, folder 15
Proizvodstvennoe ob"edinenie "Kirovskiĭ Zavod,"
1991-1996
box 3, folder 16
Rabochiĭ komitet Kuzbassa
1989-1994
box 3, folder 17
Rossiiskiĭ profsoiuz lokomotivnykh brigad
1993-1999
box 3, folder 18
Rossiskiĭ profsoiuz dokerov
1995-1996
box 3, folder 19
Russko-Amerikanskiĭ fond profsoiuznykh issledovaniĭ i obucheniia
1993-1997
box 4, folder 1-9
Russko-Amerikanskiĭ fond profsoiuznykh issledovaniĭ i obucheniia, (contd.)
1993-1997
box 5, folder 1-4
Russko-Amerikanskiĭ fond profsoiuznykh issledovaniĭ i obucheniia, (contd.)
1993-1997
box 5, folder 5
Soiuz rabotnikov profsoiuznykh sredstv massovoĭ informatsii "Profimform,"
1995
box 5, folder 6
Svobodnoe Mezhprofessional'noe Ob"edinenie Trudiashchikhsia (SMOT)
1988-1997
box 5, folder 7
Tovarishchestvo profsoiuzov Ekaterinburga
1995-1996
box 5, folder 8
Transnational Information Exchange (TIE)
1992-1999
box 5, folder 9
Ural'skiĭ Profsoiuznyĭ Tsentr
1995-1996
box 5, folder 10-15
Zakony o profsoiuzakh
1990-1999
