The All-Russian Confederation of Labour (

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: Всероссийская конфедерация труда) (VKT) is a

national trade union center A national trade union center (or national center or central) is a federation or confederation of trade unions in a country. Nearly every country in the world has a national trade union center, and many have more than one. In some regions, such a ...

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. It was formed August 17, 1995, and has a membership of 1.27 million. The VKT, along with the

Confederation of Labour of Russia The Confederation of Labour of Russia (KTR) is a national trade union center in Russia. It was founded on 12 April 1995 and is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); g ...

, publishes the '' Ob’edinennaya profsoyuznaya gazeta''. The VKT is affiliated with the

International Trade Union Confederation The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); german: Internationaler Gewerkschaftsbund (IGB), link=no; es, Confederación Sindical Internacional (CSI), link=no. is the world's largest trade union federation. History The federation w ...

, and the

General Confederation of Trade Unions The General Confederation of Trade Unions or GCTU (russian: Всеобщая Конфедерация Профсоюзов, ''Vseobshchya Konfederatsya Profsoyuzov'' or VKP) is an international trade union confederation. It was founded on 16 Apr ...

. In April 2010, the VKT and the

(KTR) merged. The President of the VKT, Boris Kravchenko, was appointed to the post of General Secretary of the KTR. Then, on May 15 of the same year, the seventh extraordinary congress of the VKT was held, at which it was decided to terminate the activities of the trade union association and join the Confederation of Labour of Russia.Trade unions united against the crisis
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References

External links

vkt.org.ru
official site. International Trade Union Confederation General Confederation of Trade Unions National trade union centers of Russia Trade unions established in 1995 {{Europe-trade-union-stub