Russian professional union of seamen

In the USSR, the profession of a sailor has always been prestigious, the work of seafarers was paid fairly high compared with the payment of other categories of workers. In addition, during Soviet times, sailors belonged to the small privileged group of citizens who, by virtue of their profession, had been able to work abroad. The competition in the maritime educational institutions was very high, so there were always many erudite, well-educated people among the sailors. Working abroad, visiting foreign ports allowed seamen to compare the image and standard of living in the USSR and behind the iron curtain. Understanding this, the state sought to limit communication and contacts of seafarers with foreign citizens: on each ship there was the first assistant captain or “commissar” - responsible for political work with the crew, on each ship there were informers of the KGB. The exit from the ship was allowed only in groups of at least 3 people and was called ashore. Layoffs, as a rule, were limited to daylight hours. But these precautions did not prevent sailors with their own eyes, and not on television, through the prism of ideological propaganda, to see how people live in developed capitalist countries and to compare with life in the USSR.

With the beginning of perestroika and glasnost, the reins of seafarers' supervision were lowered: seafarers learned that their work was paid much lower than the work of seafarers of other countries, that there were maritime trade unions and international associations of maritime trade unions that set their own standards for pay and seafarers significantly higher wages than Soviet seafarers. In the USSR, the company Sovkomflot was created, on vessels of which, instead of the Soviet flag, they raised a foreign (convenient) flag , on these ships seafarers began to pay much more than on ships under the Soviet flag, but several times less than foreign sailors on ships under foreign (convenient) flag. Naturally, this caused discontent of the sailors on these ships. In addition, the restructuring announced by Mikhail S. Gorbachev gave everyone, including the sailors, the hope that the whole way of life could be changed - all that was needed was to make an effort.

The first vessel on which the crew’s strike took place was the tanker Novorossiysk. The crew announced a strike in the Italian port and demanded a pay rise to the international standard set by the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) . The current Trade Union of workers of the sea and river fleet of the USSR did not support the strike, on the contrary, it condemned the strikers, thereby confirming its inability to resolve issues arising from the seamen in the new working conditions. This huge monster dealt with the problems of the whole industry, where people of different specialties worked: for example, the lack of working clothes or cleaning products at a ship repair factory was more familiar to him, more relevant and most importantly solved by the beaten standard administrative way. And the questions arising from seafarers on pay did not fit into the usual pattern.

At the same time, in the wake of restructuring, new people who worked in the fleet, knowing the specifics of maritime labor, the wishes and hopes of seafarers come and begin to engage in trade union work (in the committees of the shipping company's staff ). They subsequently formed the backbone of the new maritime trade union. Their main goal was to increase the remuneration of seafarers and join the "international seafarers' union", which defends the rights of seafarers. Sailors believed in their forces, went after their leaders, and entered the fight for their rights, so in February 1990 a collective agreement in the Murmansk Shipping Company was signed with the protocol of disagreements, the main requirement of seafarers is to increase the salary in the work of courts in the Arctic to payment in the overseas voyage. As part of resolving the dispute protocol, on May 15, 1990, the first 2-hour warning strike was carried out in Murmansk Shipping Company : the movement of icebreakers and ships along the Northern Sea Route was stopped, and cargo operations on ships in the port were stopped.

The history of the RPSM

On March 19, 1991, a split occurred in the trade union movement of the USSR on the water transport: the Inter-Republican Union of Seafarers of the Soviet Union (MPSM) was created at the founding congress, despite the fact that the Federal Independent Trade Union of Water Transport Workers (FNPRVT) continues to operate in the country and the river fleet of the USSR since 1990). The creation of MPSM marked the beginning of the emergence of a new format for the trade union movement.

First Congress

The idea of ​​creating a seafarers' union appeared among the seamen themselves, gradually grew stronger, won over supporters among the trade union leaders and was supported by the majority of the chairmen of the trade union committees of the seafarers. So, in October 1989, at the reporting and election conference of the crew of the Baltic Shipping Company , a Resolution was issued in the form of an Order on the need to change the “Charter of the Trade Union of Sea and River Fleet Workers” and the creation of the Federation, which should include Seamen, Rivermen, Portmen, ship repairmen unions. In the opinion of the seamen, the Seamen’s Union was supposed to unite the trade union organizations of the seafarers of the shipping companies of the USSR. It was also a requirement to convene an extraordinary congress of the trade union of workers of the sea and river fleet and the proposal to increase the currency of the sailors' wages, to allow the sailors to work under a foreign flag.

Officially, at the suggestion of the chairmen of the trade union committees of the seafarers, the proposal to create a seafarers' union was announced and discussed in March 1990 on board the ship “Leo Tolstoy” at a large-scale industry meeting. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Maritime Fleet, the Association of Soviet Shipowners (ASSOS ), the Association of Soviet Ports (ASOP), the Council of the Federal Independent Trade Union of Water Transport Workers (FNPRVT), heads of shipping companies, secretaries of party and Komsomol organizations of shipping companies of the USSR, chairmen of trade union shipping committees, representatives of labor collectives of the industry.

The organizers of the meeting did not plan to discuss the creation of a seafarers ’union, but the chairmen of trade union committees of the seafarers of the Soviet shipping companies raised this issue and following the meeting, the course was set up to create a seafarers’ union, which union leaders declared in May 1990 in a joint Declaration.

On February 4-5, 1991, a joint meeting of the organizing committee and the chairmen of the trade union committees of the seafarers 'crews for the preparation and holding of the first sailors' congress was held. The meeting reviewed the draft major documents of the congress: the Charter of the Union of Seafarers of the USSR, the General Agreement between the Council of FNPRVT and the Union of Seafarers of the USSR, a plan of practical actions for the future Council of Seafarers. It was decided to hold the congress in Leningrad from March 16 to March 21, 1991.

On March 19, 1991, the Constituent Congress began its work, and delegates from all regions of the country with the exception of Georgian, Caspian and Central Asian shipping companies took part in it. The participants discussed the issue of creating a seafarers' trade union, organizational and legal issues of its activities. The discussion took place openly and violently, both supporters and opponents of the creation of the trade union spoke. At the end of the debate, the issue of creating a trade union was put to a vote, and the congress overwhelmingly passed a decision on the need to create a seafarers' trade union, after which the 1st congress of the Interrepublican Seamen’s Union continued its work.

The interrepublican seafarers' union did not last long. After the attempted coup d'état and the collapse of the USSR that followed it, on November 25, 1991, a constituent conference was held at which the delegates of the trade union organizations of the shipping companies of the Russian Federation decided to form the Russian Trade Union of Seamen. RPSM became the successor of the Inter-Republican Trade Union of Seafarers, which operated throughout the USSR. At the same time, the first version of the RPSM Charter was adopted. The first chairman of the RPSM was Viktor Romanovich Nekrasov.

1992-1995

12/09/1991 The first agreement between the Baltic Sea Shipping Company (BMP) and the trade unions of Sweden, Finland and Germany on the payment of wages at ITF rates on the transition between Newnesham and Kiel to the members of the crew of the ferry Anna Karenina was concluded.

08/04/1992 - the first issue of the Trade Union Marine Newspaper is published.

01/01/1993 - The RPSM joined the ranks of the ITF, committing itself to observe the standards of the ITF when concluding collective agreements. The company begins to sign collective agreements for ships of Russian shipowners at the level of ITF requirements.

02/03/1993 The trade union committee of the crew of the BMP and the Association of Norwegian Shipowners signed a collective agreement for Russian seamen working for the Norwegian shipowners.

02/10/1993 Collective agreements were signed between the BMP trade union organization and the shipping companies Baltmed (Greece) and Balti Conti.

04/16/1993 The crews of all BMP ships adopted the “Statement of the Baltic Sea Shipping Mariners to the President of Russia Yeltsin”, which expressed the requirement to establish a salary not lower than the recommended ILO rate of $ 356. All ships BMP went into pre-strike status.

12/01/1993 The crew members of the BMP ships additionally receive foreign currency in exchange for daily allowances: the captain $ 480, the senior mechanic $ 420, $ 240 all to the other crew members, which was fixed in the collective agreement, thus the minimum wage for the rank and file shipping companies amounted to 480 dollars

November 3, 1994 - I regular congress of the RPSM, Moscow. Approved new RPSM Charter. Shirochenkov was chosen as the chairman.

1994 - Chairman of the RPSM became a member of the ITF Fair Practices Committee (FPC ITF)

1994 - RPSM and RPD established the Confederation of Maritime Trade Unions of Russia, the purpose of which is to consolidate the trade unions of the industry to participate in the signing of the Industry Tariff Agreement on Maritime Transport .

1994 - RPSM expands geographically, regional organizations are established: the Baltic MOT in St. Petersburg, the Arctic Regional Office in Murmansk, the Far Eastern Regional Office in Nakhodka.

1995 - the Confederation of Labor of Russia was established , the RPSM became a member of the KTR.

1995 - on the initiative of the RPSM, the Federation of Trade Unions of Maritime Transport Workers, FPRMT (legal successor of the Confederation of Maritime Trade Unions of Russia) was established, which included the RPSM, RPD, RPRMT. Vladimir Shirochenkov was elected chairman of the FPRMT.

1995 - the CPSM entered the Coordinating Committee of Maritime Trade Unions of Eastern European Countries, organized under SCOCCEN - the Committee of Maritime Countries of Central, Eastern Europe and Norway.

1995 - a cooperation agreement was signed with the United States International Seafarers Union.

1995 - No. 1 of the RPSM “Our Business” trade union bulletin comes out.

May 1, 1995 - the appearance of the first ITF inspectors in Russia: Viktor Soloviev in St. Petersburg, Alexander Ageev in Novorossiysk.

September 1995 - the Labor Inspectorate of the RPSM was formed.

1996—2001

January 1, 1996 - Peter Osichansky was appointed ITF inspector in the Far East.

September 22, 1996 - Extraordinary congress of the RPSM in Moscow. Major changes have been made to the Charter of the RPSM.

Since 1996, at the initiative of the RPSM, the magazine Maritime Trade Union Bulletin has been published by the Federation of Maritime Transport Unions .

January 25-26, 1999 - Extraordinary congress of the RPSM; I. N. Pavlov was elected as the chairman

1999 - an agreement on cooperation and partnership was signed between the RPSM and the trade union of workers of the New Russia transport.

January 20, 2000 - An extraordinary congress of the RPSM, which confirmed the powers that had been in force between the congresses of the elected authorities of the RPSM.

April 1, 2000 - Alexander Ageev is appointed as the ITF coordinator in Russia.

2000 - Agreement on cooperation with trade unions of seafarers and officers of Cyprus was signed.

2001 - The Technical Labor Inspectorate of the RPSM was established .

December 25, 2001 - the third regular congress of the RPSM over the past three years. Igor Pavlov was re-elected by the majority of delegates' votes as chairman of the RPSM.

2002—2006

August 2002 - the RPSM became an official member of the Norwegian-Asian Committee (NASCO) . The RPSM Chairman, Igor Pavlov, joined the Steering Group of the Fair Practices Committee (PCB) at the 40th ITF Congress in Vancouver.

June 18, 2003 - An extraordinary unifying congress of the RPSM, at which there was an association with the Interregional Trade Union of Maritime Transport Workers (MLAW) of New Russia.

October 17, 2003 - a constituent conference of the Southern Territorial Organization of the RPSM (YuTO RPSM) was held in Novorossiysk. Primary organizations that were previously part of the New Russia MPRMT are now included in the UTO.

October 17, 2003 - in Nakhodka, the RPSM and the All-Japan Seafarers' Union concluded a cooperation agreement.

September 4-9, 2005 - The World ITF Inspectors Workshop, organized by the RPSM, was held in St. Petersburg.

February 23, 2006 - At the session of the International Labor Conference in Geneva, the Maritime Labor Convention ^[2] (KTMS), which establishes the standards of seafarers ’labor, is also called the“ Bill of seafarers ’rights”.

November 29, 2006 - VI Congress of the RPSM, St. Petersburg.

2007–2011

January 1, 2007 - Sergey Fishov has been appointed coordinator of the ITF in Russia.

August 2010 - The chairman of the RPSM joined the committee of the ITF Marine Section from Russia.

2011 - RPSM appeal to the President of the Russian Federation D. A. Medvedev “On the fight against piracy in the Gulf of Aden”.

July 21, 2011 - President Dmitry Medvedev met with leaders of independent trade unions at the Gorki-9 residence. From the RPSM, the meeting was attended by Chairman Igor Pavlov.

November 23, 2011 - VII Congress of the RPSM. Yury Sukhorukov was elected chairman of the trade union.

2012—2018

June 5, 2012 - the law on ratification of the MLC is signed in Russia.

2013 - an agreement on cooperation and cooperation with the Union of Russian Shipowners (SOROSS) .

March 28, 2013 - RPSM Chairman Yuri Sukhorukov joined the Maritime Collegium under the Government of the Russian Federation.

Since May 2013 - the start of the ITF Black Sea of ​​Shame campaign.

August 2013 - RPSM organized a fundraiser for seafarers and their families affected by the floods in the Far East.

August 20, 2013 - The Joint ILO Maritime Labor Convention in 2006 (KTMS) entered into force in Russia. An interdepartmental commission was established to implement the provisions of the Convention in the legislation of the Russian Federation. Representatives of the RPSM were included in the composition of the MVK.

January 2015 - RPSM representative office opened in Sevastopol.

February 20, 2016 - VII Congress of the FPRMT. Yuriy Sukhorukov, chairman of the RPSM, was elected chairman of the organization.

2016 - According to the results of 2015, the Russian ITF Inspectorate was recognized as the most efficient in Europe for the return of unpaid money to seafarers (more than 2.7 million US dollars).

August 9, 2016 - RPSM and Neftegazstroyprofsoyuz Russia signed a new cooperation agreement.

November 11, 2016 - VIII regular congress of the RPSM. Resolutions adopted:

• “On the implementation of the 2006 Maritime Labor Convention in the current legislation of the Russian Federation”;
• “On the violation of the right of women to work in their chosen occupation and profession regarding the possibility of their work as crew members of ships of the sea and river fleet”;
• “On ensuring the legitimate rights of crew members of sea vessels sailing under the State flag of the Russian Federation for decent wages”;
• “On the restoration of the military department in the GUMRF them. Admiral S. O. Makarov ";
• “On the protection of the national maritime labor market”;
• “On the implementation in the Russian Federation of the requirements of international conventions in terms of medical examination and medical care for seafarers”;
• “On the need to reform the maritime education in Russia”;
• “On the legal regulation of the procedure for registration of a seaman’s identity card”.

June 27, 2017 - on the eve of the Day of workers of the sea and river fleet, Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Maxim Sokolov congratulated and presented departmental awards to employees of the transport complex and students of transport universities. RPSM received a letter of appreciation from the Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov for his many years of diligent work.

On December 6, 2017 in Moscow, within the framework of the Transport Week 2017 Forum, trade unions and employers signed the Federal Branch Agreement on Maritime Transport for 2018-2020. The document was signed by Yuri Sukhorukov, Chairman of the Russian Seamen’s Union (RPSM), Alexander Korchagin, Chairman of the Oil and Gas Construction Trade Union of Russia, Valentin Kepp, PRVT Chairman, Igor Fomichev, President of the Russian Trade Union of Atomic Energy and Industry Workers, and Alexei Klyavin, President of the Russian Trade Union of Atomic Energy and Industry.

May 4, 2018 Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Maxim Sokolov presented state and departmental awards to employees of the transport complex ^[3] . Yuriy Sukhorukov, Chairman of the Russian Trade Union of Seafarers, was awarded the medal "For Services to the Fatherland" of the II degree.

“ Long-term experience helps Yuriy Sukhorukov, Chairman of the Russian Seafarers’ Professional Union, successfully defend the labor rights of workers in the industry, implement social programs such as life and health insurance, medical care, training, and seafarers ’safety,” said the Minister of Transport.

October 25, 2018 - in Moscow, the shipping company Sovkomflot and the Russian Seamen’s Union (RPSM) concluded a collective agreement for 2019-2022. The document guaranteeing Russian sailors decent working and living conditions on the voyage was signed by SKF Personnel Manager Mikhail Konoplev and RPSM Chairman Yury Sukhorukov.

The supreme governing body of the RPSM is the Congress, which convenes every five years. The congress elects the chairman of the RPSM and the Council of the RPSM. The RPSM Council is elected at the Congress and is a permanent governing body of the trade union. At the next VIII Congress of the RPSM, 32 people from the regional / territorial / primary organizations of the trade union joined the RPSM Council. Delegates to the Congress are elected in accordance with the quota established by the Council of the RPSM. An extraordinary Congress is convened by decision of the Council of the RPSM or the Executive Committee of the RPSM, or at the request of affiliates that unite at least one third of the members of the RPSM.

Chairs

1991-1994 - Nekrasov Victor Romanovich

1994-1999 - Shirochenkov Vladimir Mikhailovich

1999–2011 - Pavlov Igor Nikolaevich

2011 - to the present - Sukhorukov Yuri Y.

Conventions

1994 - I regular congress of the RPSM, Moscow. Approved new RPSM Charter.

1996 - Extraordinary congress of the RPSM, Moscow.

1999 - Extraordinary congress of the RPSM, St. Petersburg, I. N. Pavlov was elected chairman

2000 - An extraordinary congress of the RPSM, which confirmed the powers that had been in force between congresses of the elected authorities of the CPSM. Amendments and additions have been made to the Charter of the RPSM.

2001 - the fifth in a row congress of the RPSM. Igor Pavlov was re-elected by the majority of delegates' votes as chairman of the RPSM.

2006 - VI Congress of the RPSM, St. Petersburg.

2011 - VII Congress of the RPSM, St. Petersburg. Yury Sukhorukov was elected chairman.

2016 - VIII Congress of the RPSM, St. Petersburg [1] . Yury Sukhorukov was re-elected chairman.

Regional organizations RPSM

The Russian Seamen's Union includes 11 regional / territorial and 59 primary organizations located in 17 cities of Russia:

• Azov-Don Territorial Organization RPSM (ADTO RPSM)
• Arctic Regional (Territorial) Organization RPSM (AR (T) O RPSM)
• Baltic Territorial Organization RPSM (BTO RPSM)
• Far Eastern Regional Organization RPSM (ДВРО РПСМ)
• Kaliningrad Regional Public Organization RPSM (KRO RPSM)
• Karelian territorial organization RPSM (KTO RPSM)
• Northern Regional Organization RPSM (Northern RO RPSM)
• Pacific Regional Organization RPSM (TRO RPSM)
• Black Sea-Azov territorial organization RPSM (CHATO RPSM)
• Central-West-Siberian territorial organization of the RPSM (CSTU RPSM)
• Southern territorial organization RPSM (YuTO RPSM)
• Moscow primary trade union organization of seafarers of seafarers of the RPSM
• Primary trade union public organization of the seamen of Sevastopol RPSM
• Representation of the RPSM in Nizhny Novgorod

Today, not only sailors but also cadets of maritime educational institutions are joining the RPSM. So, at the end of 2017, 76,851 industry representatives were listed in the ranks of the trade union. In addition, the Russian Seafarers' Union plans to introduce an electronic accounting system, the development of which has already begun.

The Russian Seafarers' Union is represented in almost all international maritime representative bodies in the person of the RPSM Chairman Yury Yuryevich Sukhorukov:

• ITF Executive Committee
• Executive ETF
• ITF Fair Practice Committee
• PCB Working (Leading) Group
• Collective Bargaining Collective Bargaining Group
• ETF Maritime Section
• ITF cruise ship team
• ITF Working Group on Offshore Ships and Installations
• Committee of Seafarers of Central, Eastern Europe and Norway (SCOCEEN)
• ITF Seafarers Section
• ITF Inland Waterways Section
• ITF Fishermen Section
• Norwegian-Asian Seafarers Committee (NASCO)
• Baltic EFT Committee
• Asian Seamen Summit
• Negotiating Group ITF International Negotiating Forum

ITF

In 1993, the RPSM became a member of the International Federation of Transport Workers (ITF). By this time, the history of the ITF is almost 100 years old, and the Federation itself is the largest international association of transport workers. Becoming a member organization of the ITF, the Russian Seafarers' Union assumed obligations to comply with the ITF policy, the first ITF inspectors appeared in Russia, whose main task was to assist foreign seafarers in the ports of Russia. The first ITF coordinator in Russia in 2000 was the deputy chairman of the RPSM, Alexander Ageev. At present, there are four inspectors in Russian ports: in the Far East, in St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad and Novorossiysk, and their activities are coordinated in St. Petersburg by Sergey Fishov.

At the 44th ITF Congress, held from October 14 to 20, 2018 in Singapore, for the first time in the history of the world trade union movement, one of the ITF transport sections was headed by a representative of Russia: RPSM Chairman Yury Sukhorukov was elected head of the ITF internal navigation section, his candidacy received unanimous support for delegates to the congress.

ETF

Strengthening its position in Europe, in order to conduct a social dialogue with the Council of Europe, the ITF decided to create a European Federation of Transport Workers (ETF) . The Russian Seafarers' Union in 2001 joined the ETF at the First Congress of the European Transport Workers Federation. The chairman of the Russian Seafarers' Union is also the vice-chairman of the ETF Maritime Transport Section.

Asia Pacific Committee

In 1995, the Russian Seafarers ’Union begins to actively develop cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region and concludes the first international agreement with the fraternal Seamen’s Union of India. Thus, a start was made to full cooperation between the RPSM and other ITF affiliates in Asia. Since 2001, representatives of the RPSM have been regularly invited to the meetings of the Asia-Pacific Committee of Maritime Trade Unions as observers. In 2005, the Russian Seafarers' Union became a full member of the Asia-Pacific Committee of Maritime Trade Unions. The RPSM’s entry into the committee meant strengthening cooperation with the maritime trade unions of the countries of the Asia-Pacific region and international solidarity, thanks to which Russian seamen received better protection of their rights in the ports of most countries of the Asia-Pacific region.

Weeks of action against flags flags

RPSM takes an active part in holding actions against ITF flags in the Baltic and Asia-Pacific regions. During the Action Week, ITF inspectors and representatives of national unions conduct mass inspections of ships in the ports of their countries to determine the compliance of working and labor conditions of seafarers with international norms and standards of the ITF. During the Week of Action, experience is exchanged - foreign inspectors and representatives of foreign trade unions work in Russian ports, while representatives of the RPSM work in foreign ports.

ILO

RPSM regularly participates in various activities of the International Labor Organization ; Representatives of the RPSM are permanent members of the delegations of workers in this tripartite organization. Representatives of the RPSM participated in the development of the 2003 Convention on Seafarers' Identity Cards (No. 185) (revised) and in the ILO working group on the development and preparation of the Consolidated Maritime Labor Convention 2006 . The RPSM is also a regular member of the Subcommittee on Seafarers' Wages of the ILO Joint Maritime Commission, where representatives of shipowners, seafarers and governments agree on the establishment of a minimum ILO rate for maritime transport.

International Bargaining Forum (IBF)

The Russian Seafarers' Union has been a regular member of the IBF since the establishment of the forum in 2003. IBF is the only forum in the world where negotiations are under way to conclude an international collective framework agreement between the group of maritime employers and the ITF on the working conditions of seafarers. The international group of marine employers includes owners and managers of ships from around the world, whose interests are represented by the International Council of Marine Employers (IMEC), the International Association of Maritime Managers of Japan, the Association of Korean Shipowners, the Taiwanese company Evergreen and others. The Russian Seafarers' Union has been a regular member of the ITF negotiation team and has been participating in the IBF since 2003.

Within the framework of the IBF forum, a collective bargaining agreement is concluded on the basis of which all national maritime trade unions - members of the ITF negotiate and conclude national collective bargaining agreements with shipping companies for ships under national and flag flags, where their union members work. In total under such contracts more than 200 thousand seamen work.

Site of the Russian Seamen's Union;

Website of the Kaliningrad Regional (Territorial) Organization of the RPSM;

Website of the Baltic territorial organization RPSM;

Site of the Southern Territorial Organization of the RPSM;

The site of the Black Sea-Azov territorial organization of the RPSM;

The website of the Pacific Regional Organization RPSM;

Information and legal portal for seafarers of the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol .;

Site of the Primary Trade Union Organization of Seafarers of the RPSM Sevastopol.

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