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Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter One: The Soviet Legacy

The Soviet System
Trade Unions under the Soviet System
The Workers' Situation
Perestroika
Workers and Worker Consciousness at the End of the Soviet System

Chapter Two: The Socio-Economic and Political Context in Russia

Shock Therapy and Economic Collapse
Economic and Labour Policy
Russian Capitalism
Inside the Enterprise: Worker-Management Relations

Chapter Three: From "Transmission Belt" to "Social Partnership" The Union of Automobile and Agricultural Machine-Building Workers of Russia

The Ideology and Practice of Social Partnership
Bureaucratic Anarchism: Solidarity and Democracy Deficits

Chapter Four: A Tale of Two Unions

Revolution and Backsliding in One Factory: the Tutaev Motor Factory
Minority Unionism at the Volga Auto Factory

Chapter Five: Ukraine

The Political and Socio-Economic Context: Shock Therapy and Unlimited Corruption with Oil
The Struggle for Independence at the Top Meets "Partnership" from Below
A "Traditional" Union Reforms Itself: The Vinnitsa Ball-Bearing Factory

Chapter Six: Belarus

The Political and Socio-Economic Context: Dictatorship Without Shock Therapy
The Union Between Independence and Liberalism
What Can Be Done? The Minsk Ball-Bearing Factory

Chapter Seven: Conclusions

"Objective" and "Subjective" Factors and the future of Post-Soviet Labour
Workers, Civil Society, and the Prospects for Democratic Development

Index

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