The reporter learned from the All-China Federation of Trade Unions that since the Office of the Leading Group for Employment Promotion and Labor Protection deployed the special winter action on wage arrears, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions has held many special meetings to study and deploy, set up a special work class, and recently issued a special notice to deploy the winter special action on wage arrears in the national trade union system from now until the Spring Festival in 2024.
The Circular pointed out that ensuring the payment of wages to migrant workers is related to the basic livelihood of the people and the vital interests of migrant workers, as well as fairness, justice and social harmony and stability. Trade unions at all levels should further enhance their sense of responsibility and urgency in ensuring the payment of migrant workers' wages, persist in performing their basic duties of rights protection services, and take effective and effective measures to effectively promote the resolution of the problem of wage arrears and safeguard the rights and interests of migrant workers' wages and remuneration.
The circular requires that trade unions at all levels should take the initiative to communicate and coordinate with relevant departments, and dispatch capable personnel to participate in joint on-site investigations. It is necessary to combine the "two festivals" to send warmth, strengthen the investigation of the engineering construction field and labor-intensive processing and manufacturing industries that employ a large number of migrant workers, and promptly discover and resolve the hidden dangers of wage arrears. It is necessary to manage and make good use of the 12351 trade union to serve employees, and smooth the channels for the expression of employees' demands. It is necessary to improve and improve the system of reporting arrears of wages in trade unions, set up special work teams, and track the handling of the situation.
The "Notice" requires that the main goal of the work should be to promote the resolution of the problem of wage arrears, adhere to the categorical disposal, and promote the "trade union + court + procuratorate + human resources and social security + justice" coordination and linkage mechanism, so as to efficiently and properly resolve the problem of wage arrears. It is necessary to combine the "respecting the law and abiding by the law and building dreams together" to serve migrant workers in public interest legal services, strengthen publicity and education on the rule of law, and continuously increase the implementation of labor laws and regulations such as the "Regulations on Guaranteeing the Payment of Migrant Workers' Wages". It is necessary to further increase the extent of trade union legal aid services, making migrant workers a key group, opening up "green channels" for legal aid, establishing mechanisms for cooperation in different places, and striving to provide assistance to the fullest extent possible.
The circular also puts forward clear requirements for doing a good job in trade union assistance and services, requiring trade unions at all levels to put stable employment in a more prominent position, deepen trade union employment and entrepreneurship services, and strengthen employment assistance for unemployed groups with difficulties. It is necessary to help the migrant workers who encounter difficulties in life, and to pay all the attention to the standards for the establishment of difficult workers in the trade union. Provide legal aid and livelihood assistance to migrant workers who have difficulties in living due to wage arrears from enterprises in accordance with laws and regulations. Strengthen communication and cooperation with railways, transportation and other departments, carry out safe return activities, and help solve the difficulties encountered in returning home during the Spring Festival.
*: Beijing client.