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# Trade Unions Flags (Ukraine)

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- Atomprofspilka – Trade Union of Nuclear Industry of Ukraine
- FPU – Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine
- Trade Union of Coal Industry Workers of Ukraine
- Social-National Trade Unions of Ukraine

See also:

- World Federation of Trade Unions
- International Labour Organization
- International Organization of Employers
- Political Flags (Ukraine)
- Ukraine

## Atomprofspilka – Trade Union of Nuclear Industry of Ukraine

image by Victor Lomantsov

Flag of Atomprofspilka – Trade union of nuclear industry of Ukraine. Image made according to photo at www.desnay.ru, reported by M. Revnivtsev.
Victor Lomantsov, 8 December 2006

## FPU – Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine

image by Victor Lomantsov

At old.vkp.ru there are many photos and images of the flag of Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine (FPU). Flag image at the top of the page has the emblem at the hoist, however, at many photos of real flags the emblem is centered.
Victor Lomantsov, 19 December 2009

The flag can also be seen here and here.
Zachary Harden

## Trade Union of Coal Industry Workers of Ukraine

image by Tomislav Todorovic

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(located by Nguyen Phuc Dit, 2.7.2026)

### Logo

image located by Esteban Rivera
(source)

The logo is described as follows (original in Ukrainian): "At the center of the emblem is a wreath of leaves, symbolizing glory and the valor of miners' labor and solidarity. Within the wreath are crossed hammers – an international symbol of miners' labor and solidarity. The background features the colors of the Trade Union's flag."
Esteban Rivera, 2 July 2026

The Trade Union of Coal Industry Workers of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Profspilka pratsivnykiv vuhil'noyi promyslovosti Ukrayiny, Ukrvuhleprofspilka, PPVPU; Russian: Profsoyuz rabotnikov ugol'noy promyshlennosti Ukrainy/, Ukrugleprofsoyuz, PRUPU) was founded in 1991 [1, 2, 3]. Its flag is horizontally divided, green above black, with a red triangle based at the hoist, which is charged with two crossed hammers within a ring, all in gold [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]. Black color stands for coal, green for life, red for the struggle for workers' rights and interests, and crossed hammers are the international symbol of miners [1, 4].
A vertical variant has also existed, although it is not clear whether it is still used, since its photos date from 2011 [9]. There were also variants with the hammers and ring in white/silver, sometimes with additional inscriptions in same color on green field, as well as those with the hammers, ring and inscriptions in gold, as well as those with the hammers and ring in silver on a black disk with the laurel wreath in silver placed over the disk edge (simplified union emblem), also with the inscriptions in silver on green field; these seem to have been used mainly be the local branches [10, 11, 12, 13, 14].

Sources:
[1] Trade Union website – About the Trade Union (in Russian): http://www.prupu.org/about/
[2] Trade Union website – Constitution (in Ukrainian; saved at the Internet Archive on 2008-08-02): http://www.prupu.org/about/ustav/
[3] Trade Union website – Constitution (in Russian; saved at the Internet Archive on 2014-02-22): http://www.prupu.org/about/ustav/
[4] Trade Union website – Trade Union symbols (in Russian): http://www.prupu.org/about/simvolika/
[5] Trade Union website – Photo from Sverdlovs'k, on 2011-04-27: http://www.prupu.org/photos/45/2/
[6] Trade Union website – Photo gallery from Alushta, September 2012: http://www.prupu.org/photos/58/
[7] Trade Union website – Photo gallery from Svyatohirs'k, on 2013-04-26/27: http://www.prupu.org/photos/62/
[8] Trade Union website – Photo gallery, 2018-10-17: http://www.prupu.org/photos/88/
[9] Trade Union website – Photo gallery from Makiyivka, on 2011-10-09: http://www.prupu.org/photos/50/
[10] Trade Union website – Photo gallery, 2008-12-17: http://www.prupu.org/photos/6/
[11] Trade Union website – Photo gallery from Kyiv, on 2008-12-23: http://www.prupu.org/photos/7/
[12] Trade Union website – Photo gallery, 2009-09-11/12: http://www.prupu.org/photos/11/
[13] Trade Union website – Photo gallery, 2009-10-17: http://www.prupu.org/photos/15/
[14] Trade Union website – Photo gallery from Donetsk, 2011-02-04: http://www.prupu.org/photos/41/

Tomislav Todorovic, 24 October 2018

The Trade Union was established on March 1, 1991. Its symbols are described as follows (original in Ukrainian): "The Trade Union's flag and emblem are deeply symbolic: black represents coal, green signifies life, and red embodies the Union's struggle for the rights and interests of workers, while the crossed golden hammers on the flag serve as an international symbol of miners' labor and solidarity." (source: https://www.prupu.org/about)
Esteban Rivera, 2 July 2026

## Social-National Trade Unions of Ukraine

image by Tomislav Todorovic

Social-National Trade Unions of Ukraine (Sotsial-Natsional'ni Profspilky Ukrajiny, SNPU) were founded in 2010 by the Patriot of Ukraine as the far-rightist counterpart of ordinary labor unions, which are typically positioned much farther to the left – an example of the trend which has also emerged in other European countries in the 21st century. Intended to operate as a constituent part of the Social-National Assembly, they have only gained a very limited support and seem to have ceased to operate in 2011, when their symbols were last seen in use. [1, 2]
The union used a square black flag, charged with their emblem in gold. The emblem consisted of the monogram NT, standing for the motto "Natsional'nyj Trud", meaning "National Labor", surrounded with an incomplete cogwheel on the left-hand side and a wheat-ear on the right-hand side [2]. The monogram was originally used by the Ukrainian National Labor Party from 2007 until its dissolution in 2009, and it might have been its former members, a number of whom had joined the Patriot of Ukraine, who actually created the union's emblem [2]. The cogwheel and the wheat-ear could have been either conjoined or separated when appearing as the web graphics or on the posters; all charges were also voided there, too [2, 3], while on the flags, they were all gold [3]. The only photos of the flag were taken in Kyiv on 2010-11-16 [3]. The close-ups show the cogwheel and wheat-ear as separated, although there may have also been some flags on which they were conjoined, however their photos were taken from a distance too large to definitely confirm that [3]. The flags were last reported to have been used in 2011 [2]; unfortunately the report was not accompanied with any photos.
Sources:
[1] Social-National Assembly at Wikipedia (in Ukrainian) – Structure: https://uk.wikipedia.org...
[2] Censor.NET website – Mykola Kravchenko's blog, entry on 2021-01-05: https://censor.net/ua/blogs/3240469/monograma_natsonalniyi_trud
[3] Social-National Assembly website at the Internet Archive – Report on 2010-11-16 (saved on 2011-04-24): https://web.archive.org/web/20110424001330/sna.in.ua/archives/5717
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Tomislav Todorovic, 11 February 2025

See also: Social-National Party of Ukraine