RUSSIAN LABOR UNION MEMBERSHIP
By Daryl R. Evans
General Characteristics of Agricultural, Industrial, and Information Age Labor Union Membership
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Agricultural Age Labor Union Membership: No labor unions: labor not yet urbanized or organized: peasant uprisings in rural areas are largely spontaneous.
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Industrial Age Labor Union Membership: Rise of labor unions in Westaern capitalist countries, not socialist countries(where dictatorship of the proletriat or state was supposed to represent workers) Adversarial relations between worker and owner or managers in industrial Western countries.
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Information Age Labor Union Membership: Decline in labor union membership in capitalist countries, with decreasing blue collar jobs. Also movement towards worker ownership of syock in companies they work in, making them both workers and owners, thus eliminating this traditional adversarial relationship. Recent rise of mass protests by workers in comunist countries demanding better conditions, led to end of communism in some countries.
Information/Data on Russian Labor Union Membership
Labor unions are on the rise in Russia, to date there are over labor unions operating. These unions represent such people as oil workers and coal miners. Exact numbers on membership are not available. But the drive for better wages and better working conditions is on.
Conclusions on Russia (Whether Primarily Agricultural, Industrial, or Information Age Re: Labor Union Membership)
Due to the increased economic turmoil the labor unions will increase in size and strength. Lack of high wages and good working condition make the climate ripe for unions to organize in all sectors of the economy.
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