"In the past few years, despite the natural disagreements that arise between employers’ associations and trade unions, we nevertheless have been able to use the trilateral format, with government participation, to find the best solutions to the most pressing problems facing the country and its economy. This positive cooperation is the reason why, with minimal losses, we are overcoming the very serious crisis that has affected the Russian and global economies".
Vladimir Putin At a meeting of executives of the St Petersburg and Leningrad Region Federation of Trade Unions
