Industrial Confl icts in Modern Russia

Abstract

The paper is devoted to particularities of strike movements in Russia in the 1990s and 2000s. The strike movement dynamics and its relation to the Russian economy’s functioning are studied through the changes in social and labor sphere and regulatory practices. Based on case-studies of recent strikes, the paper focuses on how trade-unions organize and institutionalize labor confl icts and views what factors drive industrial confl icts in the new economic era.