President
President of the General Confederation of Trade Unions: Alexander Viktorovich Korchagin
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
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For trade unions, March 8 is not just a day of spring and renewal.
For trade unions, March 8 is not just a day of spring and renewal.
For trade unions, March 8 is not merely a day of spring and renewal. Above all, it is an opportunity to once again reflect on the role of women in the world of work and in global development as a whole. Today, women perform 55% of the world’s total labor. They work longer hours than men—by 6 to 13 hours per week—and still earn less: on average, women’s wages amount to 66–84% of men’s wages, depending on the country. There is objective evidence that the more a country values women’s labor and the smaller the gender pay gap, the more developed its economy. A special issue is the “invisibility” of women’s domestic and, as experts call it, reproductive labor. This is why trade unions should continue to fight for justice for working women.
I congratulate all women of the CIS, my colleagues in the parliamentary corps, and women in trade unions on International Women’s Day. I wish you justice, decent work, success, and prosperity!
Viktor Pinsky
General Secretary of the General Confederation of Trade Unions, Member of the State Duma
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General Confederation of Trade Unions Proposes Securing Trade Union Rights in Enterprise Bankruptcy
General Confederation of Trade Unions Proposes Securing Trade Union Rights in Enterprise Bankruptcy
The General Confederation of Trade Unions’ (GCTU) proposals are reflected in the draft CIS model law “On Cross-Border Insolvency and Bankruptcy.”
Trade unions must have the right to represent and protect workers’ interests in the bankruptcy of international companies, according to Viktor Pinsky, Member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation and General Secretary of the GCTU.
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GCTU Launches International Educational Program “Regulation of Labor Relations Based on Social Dialogue Principles”
GCTU Launches International Educational Program “Regulation of Labor Relations Based on Social Dialogue Principles”
The program is designed for specialists and trade union activists involved in collective bargaining at all levels of social partnership. It consists of four modules and will include about two hundred participants from six countries.
The first module—a lecture session—will be held on March 3, 2026. Leading experts from the General Confederation of Trade Unions, educational organizations of four national trade union centers (Belarus, Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, and Uzbekistan), and Lomonosov Moscow State University will deliver lectures.