Secretary General
Secretary General of the General Confederation of Trade Unions: Viktor Vitalyevich Pinsky
Born in 1964 in Lida, Grodno Region, Byelorussian SSR.
Education: Higher, Military Law.
Professional and Political Career:
1982 - 1996: Military Service.
1996 - 2005: Management of a legal firm (Vladivostok).
2001 - 2011: Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai (3rd and 4th convocations). Chairman of the Committee on Regional Policy and Legality.
2005 - 2015: Deputy Chairman, then Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Primorsky Krai. Chairman of the Far Eastern Association of Trade Unions. Member of the General Council and Executive Committee of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR).
2015 - 2022: Secretary of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia for Liaison with the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
2017 - 2022: Deputy General Secretary of the World Confederation of Labour.
2022 - 2023: Deputy Chairman of the FNPR.
December 2023: Elected General Secretary of the World Confederation of Labour.
2011 – 2016: Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (6th convocation). First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Civil, Criminal, Arbitral, and Procedural Legislation.
2016 – 2021: Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (7th convocation). Chairman of the Committee on Regulations and Organization of the State Duma.
2021 – Present: Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (8th convocation). Chairman of the Commission on Regulations and Parliamentary Procedures of the State Duma.
Chairman of the Commission on Legislation and Regulations of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia.
Member of the Association of Lawyers of Russia.
GCTU News
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New Minimum Wage Campaign: Current Tasks of the General Confederation of Trade Unions Discussed at Meetings of the Executive Committee and Council of the GCTU
Meetings of the Executive Committee and the Council of the General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU) were held in Moscow on December 8. Trade union leaders from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan discussed current socio-economic issues, achievements and new areas of work of the GCTU.
One of the main issues considered at the meeting of the Executive Committee was the results of the GCTU’s solidarity campaign “Minimum Wage – to Minimum Subsistence Level”. Currently, in many CIS countries, the minimum wage is significantly higher than the subsistence minimum. In Uzbekistan, the minimum wage is almost twice as high as the subsistence minimum; in Russia, the minimum wage will be more than 30% higher than the subsistence minimum starting from January 1, 2026. Members of the Executive Committee of the GCTU are confident that the tendency of increasing wages in CIS countries should continue. In this regard, one need to set a higher minimum wage standard.
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Confederation of Trade Unions of Azerbaijan supports amendments to the Labor Code
Deputies of the Milli Mejlis of Azerbaijan submitted to Parliament a bill on payment for work on weekends. At a meeting of the Committee on Labor and Social Policy, they received support from Sahib Mamedov, Chairman of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Azerbaijan.
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“No to Sanctions, Yes to Trade Union Consolidation and Social Partnership”. Statement of the Participants of the International Conference in Belarus
The participants of the conference “Modern Economic Challenges and their Impact on Labour Relations” (Minsk, December 11) called for consolidating trade union approaches, strengthening social partnership, and developing innovative ideas for ensuring labour rights and social guarantees.