The historical aspect of the study of the problems of settlement of collective labor disputes in Russia deserves closer attention, including through the prism of modern problems of legal regulation of relations in the field of labor. Historical analysis of legal norms focuses the legislator on the development of an effective mechanism of adequate reflection of the laws of labor relations. Identification of specific objective and subjective conditions of collective labor disputes focuses on the elimination of their negative consequences and is relevant to this day. The article is devoted to the legal analysis of the prerev-olutionary period of formation of mechanisms of peaceful settlement of collective labor conflicts in Stavropol province. Against the background of the lack of legal regulation of the Russian factory legislation it examinesthe applied in practice measures to resolve disputes between employers and employees on the materials of the state regional archive of the Stavropol territory. The author analyzes for the irst time the order of collective labor conlicts resolution, the bodies established in the province on the principle of equal participation of the disputing parties, the role of the labor movement, trade unions for their labor rights. The author emphasizes the importance of collective labor agreements as the foundation of local regulation of collective labor disputes.