The Union and The AFL-CIO
Given the tensions between the USSR and the United States, it is little wonder that there was considerable suspicion from western trade unions toward the FNPR. The AFL-CIO, through its Free Trade Union Institute, operated within Russia, running programs to support independent unions that were opposed to the FNPR. These programs wound down with a change of leadership in the AFL-CIO in 1995, and in 1997 Shmakov was invited to attend the AFL-CIO congress.
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