All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions

Central trade union body in the Soviet Union

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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

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### Precursors

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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

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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

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Union | Founded[2] | Left | Reason left

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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

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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

## References

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1. ^ Ashwin, Sarah; Clarke, Simon (2002). Russian Trade Unions and Industrial Relations in Transition. Basingstoke: Palgrave. ISBN 9780230598355.
2. ^ Directory of Labor Organizations: Europe. Vol. 2\. Washington DC: United States Department of Labor. 1965. p. 29.1-29.11.