Secretary General
Secretary General of the General Confederation of Trade Unions: Viktor Vitalyevich Pinsky
Born in 1964 in Lida, Grodno Region, Byelorussian SSR.
Education: Higher, Military Law.
Professional and Political Career:
1982 - 1996: Military Service.
1996 - 2005: Management of a legal firm (Vladivostok).
2001 - 2011: Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai (3rd and 4th convocations). Chairman of the Committee on Regional Policy and Legality.
2005 - 2015: Deputy Chairman, then Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Primorsky Krai. Chairman of the Far Eastern Association of Trade Unions. Member of the General Council and Executive Committee of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR).
2015 - 2022: Secretary of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia for Liaison with the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
2017 - 2022: Deputy General Secretary of the World Confederation of Labour.
2022 - 2023: Deputy Chairman of the FNPR.
December 2023: Elected General Secretary of the World Confederation of Labour.
2011 – 2016: Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (6th convocation). First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Civil, Criminal, Arbitral, and Procedural Legislation.
2016 – 2021: Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (7th convocation). Chairman of the Committee on Regulations and Organization of the State Duma.
2021 – Present: Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (8th convocation). Chairman of the Commission on Regulations and Parliamentary Procedures of the State Duma.
Chairman of the Commission on Legislation and Regulations of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia.
Member of the Association of Lawyers of Russia.
GCTU News
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Belarusian Trade, Consumer Cooperation and Entrepreneurship Workers' Union Turns 95
The Trade, Consumer Cooperation and Entrepreneurship Workers' Union of the Republic of Belarus celebrated its 95th anniversary on July 31. Today, the union unites over 143,000 industry workers across the country, with 1,681 primary trade union organizations. The union reliably protects the rights of industry workers in the Republic and actively operates on the international stage as part of the International Confederation of Trade Unions of Workers in Trade, Catering, Consumer Cooperation, and Various Forms of Entrepreneurship.
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GCTU Proposes Discussing Harmonization of National Social Partnership Systems at a Special Meeting of the Advisory Labour Council
The General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU) proposed adding a special section to the 2028 CIS Year of Social Development and Quality of Life preparation plan, dedicated to events aimed at improving social partnership.
The proposals for the draft plan of the Year of Social Development and Quality of Life were discussed during the first meeting of the Working Group of the Advisory Council on Labour, Employment, and Social Protection of the Population of the CIS Member States. The meeting took place today at the CIS Executive Committee in Minsk via video conference.
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Viktor Pinsky: "The meeting of the General Confederation of Trade Unions Council in Dushanbe is a landmark event for the entire trade union movement of the Commonwealth of Independent States"
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, July 1, 2026 – Viktor Pinsky, Chairman of the Commission of the Russian State Duma on Regulations and Organisation of State Duma Activities and General Secretary of the General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU), called the meeting of the GCTU Council, held on July 1 in Dushanbe, a landmark event for the trade unions of the Commonwealth of Independent States.