Our contemporary history is a drama of labor and capital. Their union, if it is possible, moves society forward; their confrontation undermines it. In Russia today, there is a profound crisis between labor and capital, which is attested to by material factors of production and exchange. It is...

During the past five years, radical changes have occurred in the sociopolitical and economic life of the country. The reforms have fundamentally altered the social-labor sphere. There has been a real revolution in employment and, with it, the social conditions surrounding the labor of millions...

Strange though it may be, precisely todayâat a time when the Russian economy is making the transition to the marketânumerous zealots concerned with the people's welfare are once again foisting on public opinion the obviously stagnant idea of âthe social protection of the working people.â...

The antitotalitarian revolution, the culminating point of which was the events between the August putsch and Gorbachev's retirement, directly affected the sphere of labor relations and employment. The ouster of the CPSU from its leading role in society and the USSR's lightning-fast...