On October 17, at their meeting in the Government House of the republic, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Chairman of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia Mikhail Shmakov discussed the issues of further cooperation in developing the trade union movement, solving a number of urgent tasks facing trade unions in the region, further work to strengthen the prestige of working professions and other issues. Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Tatarstan Elena Kuzmicheva took part in the meeting.