Trade unions in the system of public control over the implementation of the May decrees of the president of the Russian Federation

The article assesses the prospects for the intensification of public control over the implementation of the May decrees of the President of the Russian Federation in terms of increasing the level of wages of citizens. The author concludes that in Russian society brews the request for a transparent, public and objective monitoring of the social and labor sphere by the trade unions. The results of such monitoring will be no less important than the data of official state statistics bodies.