President
President of the General Confederation of Trade Unions: Alexander Viktorovich Korchagin
Born in 1970 in Serov, Sverdlovsk Region.
Education:
Graduated from the Ufa State Aviation Technical University and the Academy of Labour and Social Relations.
Holds a Candidate of Sciences (Economics) degree (equivalent to a Ph.D.).
Professional Career:
1993 - 2003: Advanced from Senior Mechanic to Head of the Material and Technical Supply and Procurement Base at "Tyumentransgaz" LLC.
2003 - 2016: Chairman of the United Trade Union Organization of "Tyumentransgaz" LLC (later "Gazprom transgaz Yugorsk").
2016 - Present: Chairman of the All-Russian Trade Union of Workers of the Oil, Gas, and Construction Industries.
Public and Advisory Work:
2006 – 2016: Deputy of the Yugorsk City Duma (4th and 5th convocations), Deputy Chairman of the Duma.
2016 - Present: Member of the Council for Professional Qualifications in the Oil and Gas Complex.
2017 - Present: Member of the Council of the Union of Oil and Gas Industrialists of Russia.
2017 - Present: Co-chair of Working Group No. 6 on Socio-Economic Issues of the Northern Regions of Russia within the Russian Tripartite Commission for the Regulation of Social and Labour Relations.
2017 - Present: President of the International Confederation of Oil, Gas, and Construction Trade Unions.
2021 - Present: President of the Association of Trade Unions of the Core Industries and Construction of the Russian Federation; Member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation.
2022 - Present: President of the World Confederation of Labour.
GCTU News
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Wages Come First: General Confederation of Trade Unions Pushes for Stronger Worker Protections in Cross-Border Bankruptcy
In case of a company’s bankruptcy within the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), employees should be given priority in receiving earned wages, according to the General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU). This applies to both foreign workers and employees of transnational companies. The GCTU proposes clarifying the procedure for foreign workers to access wage recovery in the CIS model law On Cross-Border Insolvency (Bankruptcy), which is being drafted by a working group of the Interparliamentary Assembly of CIS Member States. The international trade union association aims to secure privileged rights for workers to receive payments, based on the civil codes of CIS countries and ILO Convention No. 95.
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The Confederation of Labour of Kazakhstan has proposed amending the Constitution of Kazakhstan to grant trade unions the right of legislative initiative
The Confederation of Labour of Kazakhstan (CLK) believes that the Constitution of Kazakhstan should be amended to include the right of legislative initiative for trade unions. This proposal for revising the country’s fundamental document was set out in a letter from CLK Secretary General Murat Mashkenov, sent on February 2nd to President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
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Unified Repository of Collective Agreements and Smart Contracts: GCTU Sets the Vector for Trade Union Digital Transformation
Trade unions risk losing their ability to effectively protect workers rights amid the growth of the platform economy without rapid digital transformation. Experts from the General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU) in the academic essay Social Dialogue in a Polycentric World view digitalization as a strategic priority, without which it is impossible to maintain the regulatory role of the trade union movement in labor relations.