:General Confederation of Trade Unions

{{Short description|International trade union federation}}

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{{Infobox union

|name = GCTU

|location_country= Russia

|affiliation =

|members = 75 million

|full_name = General Confederation of Trade Unions

|native_name = Всеобщая Конфедерация Профсоюзов

|image = 150px

|founded = 16 April 1992

|dissolved =

|merged =

|headquarters = 42, Leninsky Prospekt, 119119, Moscow, Russian Federation

|key_people = Mikhail Shmakov, president

|website = [http://www.vkp.ru www.vkp.ru]

|footnotes =

}}

The General Confederation of Trade Unions or GCTU ({{langx|ru|Всеобщая Конфедерация Профсоюзов}}, Vseobshchya Konfederatsya Profsoyuzov or VKP) is an international trade union confederation.{{Cite web |url=https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100062770 |url-access= |title=General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU) |author1=Staff writer |year=2024 |department=UIA Global Civil Society Database |website=uia.org |publisher=Union of International Associations |agency=Yearbook of International Organizations Online |location=Brussels, Belgium |format= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |doi-broken-date= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |access-date=24 December 2024 |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |via= |quote= |trans-quote= |ref= |postscript=}} It was founded on 16 April 1992 and incorporates members from the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The GCTU claims a membership of 75 million and is led by Mikhail Shmakov as president.