A cleareyed look at the Soviet labor code and the public debate around it.
This edition presents the Code of Labor Laws of Soviet Russia along with a full introduction that includes a contemporary critique. It shows how the code was presented abroad and the response it drew from critics at the time.
The material covers how labor is organized, how wages are set, and how workers are tracked and protected. It also includes the machinery for enforcing rules, settling disputes, and supporting workers who are unemployed or ill. The edition is grounded in historical documents and offers insight into early Soviet labor policy and its international reception.
- How citizens are classified for work and how wage scales are determined.
- Rules around labor booklets, transfers, and the right to work.
- Remuneration practices, overtime, and how pay is issued or deducted.
- Procedures for unemployment subsidies and the protection of workers' rights.
Ideal for readers of history, labor policy, and studies of early Soviet governance.