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President

Alexander Viktorovich Korchagin

President of the General Confederation of Trade Unions.

Born in 1970 in Serov, Sverdlovsk Region.

Education:

Graduated from the Ufa State Aviation Technical University and the Academy of Labour and Social Relations.

Holds a Candidate of Sciences (Economics) degree (equivalent to a Ph.D.).

Professional Career:

1993 - 2003: Advanced from Senior Mechanic to Head of the Material and Technical Supply and Procurement Base at "Tyumentransgaz" LLC.

2003 - 2016: Chairman of the United Trade Union Organization of "Tyumentransgaz" LLC (later "Gazprom transgaz Yugorsk").

2016 - Present: Chairman of the All-Russian Trade Union of Workers of the Oil, Gas, and Construction Industries.

Public and Advisory Work:

2006 – 2016: Deputy of the Yugorsk City Duma (4th and 5th convocations), Deputy Chairman of the Duma.

2016 - Present: Member of the Council for Professional Qualifications in the Oil and Gas Complex.

2017 - Present: Member of the Council of the Union of Oil and Gas Industrialists of Russia.

2017 - Present: Co-chair of Working Group No. 6 on Socio-Economic Issues of the Northern Regions of Russia within the Russian Tripartite Commission for the Regulation of Social and Labour Relations.

2017 - Present: President of the International Confederation of Oil, Gas, and Construction Trade Unions.

2021 - Present: President of the Association of Trade Unions of the Core Industries and Construction of the Russian Federation; Member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation.

2022 - Present: President of the World Confederation of Labour.


GCTU News

  • Victor Pinsky: “Trade Unions of the CIS Countries Propose Setting a Higher Minimum Wage Standard”

    The minimum wage in the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States should reach a level that ensures a fulfilling life for citizens, said Victor Pinsky, deputy of the State Duma of Russia, Secretary General of the General Confederation of Trade Unions. According to the deputy, the minimum wage should be brought to the level of the minimum consumer budget.

  • Kairat Toroev was appointed the Head of the Youth Council of the General Confederation of Trade Unions

    Kairat Toroev became the Head of the Youth Council of the General Confederation of Trade Unions. The decision was unanimously adopted by the participants of the meeting of the GCTU Youth Council on December 7 in Moscow. The event was attended by 13 council members from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Russia and Kyrgyzstan.

  • Chairman of GCTU and President of Soyuzmetall Trade Union Center discussed the promotion of decent work principles in CIS

    On December 2 in Moscow, Viktor Pinsky, Secretary General of the General Confederation of Trade Unions, Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, and Asylbek Nuralin, President of the International Association of Trade Unions – Soyuzmetall Trade Union Center, Deputy of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, discussed socio-economic development in the CIS countries and strengthening of trade union cooperation. The meeting was attended by Deputy of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, member of the Committee on Legislation and Judicial Reform Nikolay Arsyutin.