inspection by soviets elected by the trade unions.[§127-129.]
For all workers who do not exploit others’ labour the legislation of the Soviet Power provides full social insurance against any kind of loss of capacity for labour, and also (for the first time in history) against unemployment at the sole expense of employers and the State, with complete independence on the part of the insured, together with the intimate participation of the trade unions.[§130-132.]
More than this, in certain respects the Soviet Power has gone beyond the minimum program, and in the before mentioned Code of Labour Laws has arranged for the participation of the labour organisations in the decision of matters relating to the engagement and discharge of workers. For all workers who have worked continuously for not less than one year, a month’s holiday on full pay is decreed. The Code provides for the State regulation of wages upon the basis of scales drawn up by the trade unions. The Code further arranges for the formation of special bodies or departments for the assignment and scheduling of labour power by the soviets and trade unions, making it compulsory to provide work for the unemployed.[§133.]