Market Union | First-Class Labor Union & Election Meeting Held

On July 31, Market Union held the “Building a First-Class Labor Union & Committee Re-Election Meeting” via video conference connecting Ningbo, Yiwu, and Guangzhou. President Tom Tang, Vice President Sam Zhu, Labor Union Chairman Jessie Lai, Rotating General Manager Nancy Lv, as well as labor union committee members and employee representatives attended.

The meeting reviewed past achievements and planned the goal and specific measures of “building a first-class union”.

Sean Shi, director of the labor union funds review committee, made a speech: The labor union funds focus on “collecting, managing and using well”: collecting means collecting funds according to law, managing means strictly controlling funds and property and “seven prohibitions”, and using means that funds are used to protect the rights and interests of employees first.

The labor union funds shall specify the expenditure standards for rewards, subsidies, festivals, marriage, childbirth, hospitalization, death, etc., and will further strengthen the audit supervision to ensure that it is used on the cutting edge. The risk control system shall be established with standardized expenditure and rigid ban, and the service effectiveness shall be verified through data to continuously improve the supervision efficiency.

Eason Huang, member of the labor union committee and director of the office, said: The establishment of a first-class labor union is divided into four aspects: First, the function of the online platform is optimized. Not only does it realize the online labor union affairs, but it also adds a special area for intelligent reminders and demand feedback to promote the transition of services from “online” to “considerate”.The second was to link community resources and launch projects such as suburban tourism and children’s calligraphy and painting exhibition to achieve high-temperature care at low cost.The third was to create a hardware benchmark. With the mother and child room in the East Village as a pilot, the facilities and processes were upgraded according to the five-star standard, striving for the honor of “City Mommy Heart-warming Hut”.The fourth was to focus on the highest honor of “Model Staff Home”, set up a special team to sort out special cases, and promote the service to be practical and the brand to be bright.

Eva Guo, member of the labor union and deputy director of the office, said: The labor union is not only a welfare giver, but also a cultural bond. Through system optimization, the participation threshold is lowered (such as recruitment promotion), and the experience is improved by digitizing. The electronic approval of the whole process realizes the data trace, the cycle is shortened by more than 30%, and the independent application rate of welfare is significantly improved.

The system should be standardized and the conditions and time limit for applying for benefits should be clarified.Create an innovative interest club, share resources with local benchmark enterprises in Yiwu, and explore the provision of psychological consulting services.

Zoro Zeng, the member of the Cultural and Sports Committee of the labor union, said: The construction of clubs is not a closed internal activity, but a carrier of corporate culture communication. Through the external exchanges and exchanges of the nine major clubs, the “MU in Sports” will be radiated to different divisions and companies.

The three main directions were clear: first, to cooperate with the relevant departments of the group to prepare for the 2025 sports event and expand the influence of the event; second, to encourage the clubs to go out and compete. Although the current external connection was insufficient, it was still necessary to promote the brand through the competition; third, to build the club into a pioneer in corporate culture and build a solid foundation for the first-class labor union.

After the election, the new union committee was formed. 

Jessie Lai, the new president of the labor union, made a speech: The benchmark of “creating a first-class labor union” will be based on “inclusive care, cultural cohesion, and democratic governance” as the pillars to build a new ecosystem of labor union with equal emphasis on warmth and efficiency.

At the level of care, we should strengthen emergency assistance, provide special assistance for serious illnesses and children’s schooling, carry out regular physical examinations and mental health lectures, build a strong physical and mental protection net, and regard minor matters of employees as the top priority of the labor union to achieve full coverage of care.

At the cultural level, club competitions and parent-child days were held regularly to break down the barriers of departments. Through the ”MU role model” and skill competitions, the sense of belonging and combat effectiveness were improved.

At the management level, the establishment of the staff representative assembly, through the “proposal-negotiation-implementation” closed loop, promote participation in the city-level model worker selection, improve the corporate image, and create the “family” trusted by employees.

David Wu, the new executive vice president of the union, said,” Club activities are an important part of the union’s work. Next, we will give priority to arranging new players to go on stage through the distribution of newcomer gift bags and activity rewards. We will also add interesting competitions and offer interest courses.”Strengthening the culture of clubs, encouraging the recommendation of new clubs, providing training funds, rewards for new presidents, and support for safety plans. 

At the same time, internal selection of outstanding clubs.Internally, they would revise the management methods of the labor unions and clarify the process of rights and responsibilities. Externally, they would invite higher-level labor unions to conduct research and strive for various labor union awards and honors. They would regularly inspect advanced labor unions and transplant innovative experience.

Tom Tang emphasized that the labor union should focus on service. The work content and responsibilities should be more clear. The labor union work should be understood as a part of administrative services to avoid overlap and conflict.The key to how the union could serve everyone well was to give them more help and encouragement to stimulate their subjective initiative.We must attach importance to the strength of the youth. The work of the club must be carried out around the needs and interests of the young people. The participation rate determines the success or failure of the union work.

The labor union should not only properly handle all kinds of contradictions and establish a contradiction coordination committee, but also do a good job of condolences and help. They should really care about their colleagues and not be formalistic.The work of the party, the workers, and the league must be linked together. By gathering everyone and fully mobilizing and exerting all the forces that could be mobilized, they would certainly be able to create earth-shattering achievements.We must learn from the practices, cases, and practical experiences of advanced labor union, organize the declaration of the honor of various labor union at all levels, establish first-class labor union, and push the work of labor union to a new height!