Gaotai County, Gansu Province: Enhancing Employee Rights and Labor Relations through Innovative Trade Union Initiatives

Strategic Insights -

In recent years, the Gaotai County Federation of Trade Unions has taken a proactive approach in safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of employees through innovative initiatives. Their efforts have focused on strengthening legal publicity and popularization, enhancing employees' legal awareness, and promoting harmonious and stable labor relations. By leveraging multiple online and offline channels, they have widely publicized laws and regulations, conducted personalized legal training, and organized labor and skills competitions. Furthermore, they have established mechanisms for safeguarding rights, improved labor dispute mediation, and promoted collective bargaining.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Gaotai County Federation of Trade Unions has established a "three efforts" approach: promoting trade union legal and rights protection work, strengthening legal publicity and popularization, and improving mechanisms for safeguarding rights.
  • The trade union has utilized multiple online and offline channels to publicize laws and regulations, including new media platforms, grassroots trade union organizations, and labor and skills competitions.
  • Personalized legal training has been conducted for employees in different industries and positions, focusing on labor laws and regulations.
  • A "court + trade union + human resources and social security" labor dispute litigation and mediation studio has been established to facilitate the integrated resolution of labor disputes.
  • The "Spring Offer" campaign for collective bargaining has been launched, guiding enterprises and industries to conduct collective bargaining in accordance with the law.
  • Over 96% of the county's enterprises and institutions have participated in the "Spring Offer" campaign, and the establishment of collective bargaining systems has remained above 95%.
  • 42 enterprises and institutions in the county have carried out the "Ankang Cup" competition to protect labor safety and health rights and interests.
  • Initiatives such as work-study subsidies for children of families of needy employees, employment of needy employees, and physical examinations for workers in new employment forms have been implemented to provide support and services to employees.

Statistics:

  • Over 4,200 employees have participated in the "Respect the Law, Abide by the Law, and Build Dreams Together" public welfare legal service campaign for migrant workers.
  • 11 state-owned enterprises and public institutions have undergone "legal health checks" on their employment practices.
  • 60 labor and skills competitions have been held, covering over 4,200 employees.
  • Labor dispute mediation committees have been established in all enterprises above a designated size in the county, forming a three-level mediation network at the county, town (community), and enterprise levels.

Sources:

  • http://www.gaotai.gov.cn/yw/zwyw/202507/t20250729_1432851.html