MOSCOW (IPS) - Squeezed between political change and budgetary difficulties, federal and regional trade unions are beginning to lose large numbers of active members. At many workplaces unions simply do not exist.
Russia was the fountainhead of a worldwide workers movement for long, following the Bolshevik revolution of 1917.
Experts blame politicians who are warning workers against active involvement in politics.
"The political shift is taking its toll on our efforts towards a membership drive," Valery Kravchov, spokesman for the Federation of Independent Trade Unions told IPS. "People are afraid to participate in public rallies and demonstrations these days."
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