Summary
The All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions (ACCTU; Russian: Всесоюзный центральный совет профессиональных союзов, VTsSPS) was the national trade union federation of the Soviet Union.
The federation was established in January 1918. In October 1990, it was dissolved, and replaced by the General Confederation of Trade Unions of the USSR.[1]
History edit
Precursors edit
In 1905, First All Russian Conference of Trade Unions was held.
In 1906, Second All Russian Conference of Trade Unions was held.
In 1917, Third All-Russian Conference of Trade Unions was held.
In 1918, Fourth All Russian Conference of Trade Unions was held.
The Federation edit
In 1945, the World Trade Union Conference took place in London, United Kingdom, organised alongside the British Trades Union Congress and the U.S. Congress of Industrial Organizations.
Affiliates edit
| Union | Founded[2] | Left | Reason left |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Procurement Workers' Union | 1899 | ||
| Automobile Transport Workers' Union | 1957 | Merged | |
| Aviation and Defence Industry Workers' Union | 1957 | 1977 | Split |
| Aviation Industry Workers' Union | 1957 | Merged | |
| Aviation Industry Workers' Union | 1977 | ||
| Aviation Workers' Union | |||
| Building and Building Materials Workers' Union | 1957 | ||
| Building Materials Industry Workers' Union | 1957 | Merged | |
| Chemical Industry Workers' Union | 1957 | Merged | |
| Coal Mining Industry Workers' Union | |||
| Communication, Automobile Transport and Highway Workers' Union | 1957 | ||
| Communications Workers' Union | 1957 | Merged | |
| Construction Workers' Union | 1946 | 1957 | Merged |
| Consumer Co-operatives Workers' Union | 1957 | Merged | |
| Consumer Goods Industry Workers' Union | 1957 | Merged | |
| Cultural Workers' Union | |||
| Defence Industry Workers' Union | 1957 | Merged | |
| Defence Industry Workers' Union | 1977 | ||
| Education, Higher Schools and Scientific Institutions Workers' Union | 1957 | ||
| Engineering Workers' Union | |||
| Food Products Industry Workers' Union | |||
| Geological Survey Workers' Union | |||
| Higher Schools and Scientific Institutions Workers' Union | 1957 | Merged | |
| Highway and Hydraulic Engineering Workers' Union | 1934 | 1955 | Merged |
| Local Industry and Municipal Services Workers' Union | 1957 | ||
| Local Industry Workers' Union | 1957 | Merged | |
| Machine Building Industry Workers' Union | 1957 | Merged | |
| Medical Workers' Union | |||
| Metallurgical Industry Workers' Union | 1957 | ||
| Municipal Services Workers' Union | 1957 | Merged | |
| Oil and Chemical Industry Workers' Union | 1957 | ||
| Oil Industry Workers' Union | 1957 | Merged | |
| Power Stations and Electrical Industry Workers' Union | |||
| Railway Transport Workers' Union | |||
| Sea and River Workers' Union | |||
| State Institutions Workers' Union | |||
| State Trade and Consumer Co-operative Societies Workers' Union | 1957 | ||
| State Trade and Public Catering Enterprise Workers' Union | 1957 | Merged | |
| Textile and Light Industry Workers' Union | 1948 | 1990 | Federation dissolved |
| Timber and Rafting Workers' Union | 1948 | 1953 | Merged |
| Timber, Paper and Woodworkers' Union | 1953 | ||
| Transport and Heavy Machine Building Workers' Union | 1957 | Merged | |
| Urban and Rural Construction Workers' Union | 1946 | 1956 | Merged |
| Woodworkers' Union | 1948 | 1953 | Merged |
Presidents edit
- 1918: Grigory Zinoviev
- 1918: Mikhail Tomsky
- 1929: Alexander Dogadov
- 1930: Nikolai Shvernik
- 1944: Vasili Kuznetsov
- 1953: Nikolai Shvernik
- 1956: Viktor Grishin
- 1967: Alexander Shelepin
- 1976: Alexei Shibaev
- 1982: Stepan Shalaev
- 1990: Gennady Yanayev