Linshu unions build along industry chains to serve workers

The federation of trade unions of Linshu county in Linyi, East China's Shandong province, has extended union organization along the county's industrial chains this year, using leading enterprises to anchor a network that now covers the chemical sector and reaches workers with services at their workplaces.

Centered on the county chemical industrial park, the federation set up a chemical and pharmaceutical industry union federation and a park-level union, driving unions into all 35 chemical enterprises eligible for organization in a tiered, flat network linked from top to bottom along the chain. Union teams combine full-time, part-time and seconded cadres, and a comprehensive service station integrates Party services, government services and daily-life facilities.

Member enterprises have turned services into culture. The Jinyimeng union's safety campaign uses "a family photo and a safety letter home" to keep safety in mind; Furuida holds regular family open days showing relatives the company's safety and environmental facilities; and Jinzhengda Group has run a "filial piety project" for 19 consecutive years, paying more than 100 million yuan in workers' rights.

From safety education, hazard screening and skills contests to summer cooling supplies, health checks and hardship assistance, the federation said its aim is for unions to be the "family" workers rely on, and it will keep upgrading park unions to the standard of a trusted workers' home.

Editor：韩蒙蒙