What are the duties of trade unions in China?

(1) Participate in the research and formulation of policies and regulations on behalf of employees. Strengthening the source participation and safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of workers are important contents of the social insurance work of trade unions. On behalf of the broad masses of workers, trade unions fully reflect the wishes and voices of the broad masses of workers and put forward their opinions and policy propositions when participating in the study and formulation of national laws, regulations and policies on social insurance.

(2) Supervise the implementation of policies and regulations and the management and use of social insurance funds. Trade unions should actively carry out relevant supervision and inspection work by participating in the joint supervision group of the National People's Congress, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and relevant government departments, the social insurance supervision committee, the workers' congress, and the publicity of factory affairs. Through these supervision and inspection activities, they can effectively promote the implementation of social insurance policies and regulations and safeguard the rights and interests of workers.

(3) Establish mutual assistance for employees, making it an important part of the multi-level social security system. Trade unions actively carry forward the fine tradition of solidarity and mutual assistance of the working class in China, and advocate and hold mutual assistance guarantee for employees. Workers' mutual assistance security is a form of security in which employees voluntarily participate, the funds are mainly paid by individual employees, and employees help each other. Mutual insurance of enterprise employees is generally implemented after the employees' congress discusses and adopts relevant articles of association, measures and regulations.

(4) to assist the relevant departments in the management and service of retired workers. Although retired workers have retired from their jobs, they are still an important part of the working class, still retain trade union membership and still have deep feelings for trade unions. Therefore, it is the unshirkable responsibility of the trade union to do a good job in the management and service of retired workers. In recent years, with the further deepening of enterprise reform, the management services of enterprise retired employees are gradually handed over to the community and socialized management is implemented. In this process, the trade union should also work with relevant departments to do a good job in the management and service of retired workers.