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Where are miners’ unions going? trade unions in Vorkuta, Russia
Author(s) -
Fairbrother Peter,
Ilyin Vladimir
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.1996.tb00777.x
Subject(s) - soviet union , trade union , political science , foundation (evidence) , political economy , economics , international trade , law , politics
The emergence of alternative unions in the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, suggested that new forms of unionism were developing. However, in the coalfields, the Independent Miners’ Union was unable to realise its initial promise, while the successors of the official unions began a complicated process of union renewal. This has laid the foundation for some form of reunification between the two types of unions.