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Unified Representative Body
The unified representative body — two or more primary trade union organizations, collectively representing more than half of the employees of a given employer, may, upon decision of their elected bodies, establish a unified representative body for conducting collective negotiations, developing a single draft collective agreement, and concluding a collective agreement (hereinafter referred to as the unified representative body). The formation of a unified representative body is carried out on the basis of the principle of proportional representation depending on the number of trade union members. At the same time, each of the primary trade union organizations that have established the unified representative body must be represented in its composition. The unified representative body has the right to submit to the employer (his representative) a proposal to commence collective negotiations on the preparation, conclusion or amendment of a collective agreement on behalf of all employees1.
Federal Law No. 90-FZ of June 30, 2006, "On Amending the Labour Code of the Russian Federation, Declaring Certain Normative Legal Acts of the USSR Inapplicable on the Territory of the Russian Federation and Rendering Certain Legislative Acts (Provisions of Legislative Acts) of the Russian Federation Void," as amended on December 22, 2014, Article 1, Subparagraph 39 // Official Compilation of Normative Legal Acts of the Russian Federation. 2006. No. 27. Item 2878. ↩