M. V. SHMAKOV

Member of the State Council of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of St. Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Author of publications on social and labor relations, social policy, theory and practice of the labor and trade union movement, including the books “Trade Unions of Russia on the Threshold of the 21st Century”, “No Victory Without a Fight!”, “For Dignified Labor”, “Trade Union News Through the Prism of Humor” (co-authored); “Fight and Win”, “Our Struggle”, “Anthology of Trade Union Thought” (co-authored); training manuals for trade unionists and activists “Conflicts in Labor Collectives” (co-authored), “Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia in a Changing Society”, “Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia in Questions and Answers”; chapter “Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia” in the book “15 Years of the General Confederation of Trade Union: a Look into the Future”, and others. Coordinator of the Trade Union Side of the Russian Trilateral Commission on Regulating Social and Labor Relations between All-Russian Trade Union Associations, All-Russian Employer Associations, and the Government of the Russian Federation. Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Professor Emeritus of the Academy of Labor and Social Relations, President of the Academy of Labor and Social Relations Institute of Trade Union Movement. Member of the Board of the Free Economic Society of Russia, Member of the International Union of Economists, National Civil Committee for Interaction with Law Enforcement, Legislative and Judicial Bodies, Member of the Central Headquarters of the public movement “People’s Front "For Russia"”, and others. Honorary President of the General Confederation of Trade Unions. Awarded the Orders of Friendship, “Badge of Honor”, “For Merit to the Fatherland” II, III, IV class, Medal “In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow”, the Golden Badge of Honor “Public Recognition”, Certificate of Merit of the Government of the Russian Federation, and others. Professor Emeritus of St. Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences.