In the reporting year, the following issues were discussed at the meetings of the Social Council:  the real content of wages (the fixed wage of an employee and indexation of wage by at least the level of inflation)  changes in collective bargaining agreements and the system of benefits and compensation to employees of enterprises after a special assessment of working conditions;  activity of trade unions to preserve social stability in labor collectives against the backdrop of the current economic situation;  rehabilitation of workers and their families;  plans and activities of the Russian Mining and Metallurgical Trade Union in the sphere of youth policy.