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On June 29, 1950, the People's Republic of China promulgated the Trade Union Law of the People's Republic of China, which stipulates the nature, rights and responsibilities, grassroots organizations, and funds of trade unions, and makes it clear that trade unions have a wide range of rights to enter into collective contracts with enterprises on behalf of workers and safeguard the vital interests of workers; It is the duty to organize and educate workers to support the people's policies and decrees, actively do a good job in production, and give play to the leading role of the working class.
On April 3, 1992, the Fifth Session of the Seventh National People's Congress promulgated by Order No. 57 of the President of the People's Republic of China on April 3, 1992.
On October 27, 2001, the Decision on Amending the Trade Union Law of the People's Republic of China was amended for the first time at the 24th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth Quanchu Tanjian National People's Congress.
On August 27, 2009, the 10th Session of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress was amended for the second time in the Decision on Amending Some Laws.
On December 24, 2021, the Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Amending the Trade Union Law of the People's Republic of China was adopted by the 32nd Session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on December 24, 2021, and came into force on January 1, 2022.
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January 1, 2022. The Trade Union Law of the People's Republic of China, as amended for the third time, came into force on January 1, 2022. On June 29, 1950, the Trade Union Law of the People's Republic of China was promulgated and came into force.
This was one of the first important laws promulgated and implemented after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The Trade Union Law of the People's Republic of China clearly stipulates that trade unions are mass organizations voluntarily united by the working class.
In all enterprises, institutions and schools, wage workers who use their wages as all or the main means of subsistence and who have no fixed employer have the right to form trade unions. Trade unions have the responsibility to protect the interests of workers and employees, supervise the effective implementation of relevant labor laws and regulations by the administration or management, and carry out various facilities to improve the material and cultural life of workers and employees.
Legal basis: Trade Union Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 1: This Law is formulated on the basis of the Constitution so as to safeguard the status of trade unions in the political, economic, and social life of the State, to determine the rights and obligations of trade unions, and to give play to the role of trade unions in the cause of socialist modernization.
Article 2 Trade unions are the mass organizations of the working class under the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the voluntary union of workers and workers, and are the bridge and link between the masses of workers and workers under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.
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Legal Analysis: Trade Union Law is a general term for the legal norms that regulate the procedures and principles for organizing trade unions and stipulate the rights and obligations of trade unions. The Fifth Session of the Seventh National People's Congress passed and promulgated the Trade Union Law of the People's Republic of China, and the 24th Session of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress passed the amendment of the Trade Union Law of the People's Republic of China
Legal basis: Trade Union Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 1: This Law is enacted on the basis of the Constitution so as to safeguard the status of trade unions in the political, economic, and social life of the State, to determine the rights and obligations of trade unions, and to give play to the role of trade unions in the cause of socialist modernization.
Article 2 A trade union is a mass organization of the working class in which workers voluntarily unite. The All-China Federation of Trade Unions and its trade union organizations represent the interests of workers and workers and safeguard their legitimate rights and interests in accordance with the law.