ИЗ НОВЕЙШЕЙ ИСТОРИИ СТАНОВЛЕНИЯ СОЦИАЛЬНОЙ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТИ ПРОФСОЮЗОВ В ПОСТСОВЕТСКИХ СТРАНАХ

Abstract

The article analyzes the social responsibility of trade unions in several post-Soviet countries (Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Moldova). The author highlights a number of theoretical issues, gives a definition of the social responsibility for trade unions, identifies the main areas of their responsibility, determines to what extent modern trade unions are independent from the state and are institutions of civil society. The article also considers the participation of trade unions in the development of labor legislation and protection of workers’ rights, including by means of strikes paralyzing production, which the author considers as a phenomenon indicating the lack of social responsibility of both trade unions and business, which are unable to find a solution to the arising contradictions at the negotiating table. Much attention in the article is paid to the analysis of trade unions’ relations with business and the state. It studies the processes of trade unions’ evolution from confrontation with business, and in some cases with the state, to social partnership. The article concludes that the social responsibility of trade unions in a particular country depends on the nature of its power institutions, the quality of labor legislation, and the degree of conformism of trade unions themselves.