Chairman of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions

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The Chairman of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions was the top official leading the Soviet Union’s central trade union organization, overseeing labor policy and workers’ representation across the USSR.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political office
trade union leadership position
appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
appointedBy All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions
surface form: All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions plenum
appointedWithApprovalOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
surface form: Communist Party of the Soviet Union leadership
country Soviet Union
dissolvedOrAbolished 1990
fieldOfWork collective bargaining (within Soviet system)
labor protection
labor relations
occupational safety
social policy
trade unions
workers’ welfare
headOf All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions
hierarchicalLevel top official of Soviet trade unions
ideology state socialism
inception 1918
languageOfWork Russian
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Moscow
memberOf Soviet political elite
officeCreatedFor leadership of Soviet trade unions
officeHolderOf All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions
officeType national-level office
oftenHeldByMemberOf Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
participatesIn Soviet state planning discussions on labor
partOf All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions
partOfPoliticalSystem one-party socialist state
politicalAlignment Marxism–Leninism
positionHeldInOrganizationType national trade union center
replacedBy Chairman of the General Confederation of Trade Unions (post-Soviet)
represents World Federation of Trade Unions
surface form: Soviet trade unions in the World Federation of Trade Unions
residence Moscow
responsibleFor coordination of trade union activities across Soviet republics
implementation of labor policy
management of trade union sanatoria and holiday homes
mass mobilization campaigns among workers
organization of social insurance for workers
overall direction of Soviet trade unions
oversight of workplace safety committees
workers’ representation in state bodies
scopeOfAuthority all-Union
subordinateTo Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
usedFor representation of Soviet trade unions in international organizations
state control over trade unions
transmission of Communist Party policy to workers

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Gennady Yanayev positionHeld Chairman of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions