TAKES STEPS TO ORGANIZE LABOR UNIONS THROUGHOUT CHINA

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• Publication Date: February 3, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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LABOR UNIORS THROUGHO[FP CHIRA
ACFL ISSUES DIRECTIVE -- Wen-hui Pao, 27 Dec 49
Pei-ping, 25 December (NCRA) -- The A1: China Federation of Labor toaay
sent directives throughout China on the orgy .nation of the following labor
uui.ons by May lg5o:
Railroad workers` union, posl;al an3 telegraph workers' tmion; seamen's
vninn, textile workers' union, fuel industry corkers' union which will incliute
coal ;3iaers and electrical workers, metallurgical workers' union which will
include ordnance workers, and transport xorYers' union.
The d?.rect;tve provides that uniona~xill be organized to elevate the
cul'.:ural, technicr.l, and living standarde of the workers. The cLganizing
procedure is ou+,].ined in the directive as follows:
"First, call a local xorkera' delegates conference and establish a pre-
paratory committee for the general labo_ union. Next, call another xorkera'
conference to establish the general labor uu~on."
ACFL ADOPTS PROGRAM, ELECTS OFFICIALS -- Ta Kung Pao, 7 Rov 49
lei-p'i'ng, 5 Novemba,r (NCNA) -- The Standing Committee of the All-China
Federation of Labor met on 5 Rovember, in Pei-ping, and 3ecided to make
preparatione to organize ten or more general labor unions e11 over China by
May 1950 and publicize the Pational Seamen's Delegates Conference to be held
in December 191+9?
The following officials were appointed at the meeting: Hou Yu-t'ien
(Ueda: 313, 7261, 7478), Deputy Chief of Labor Protection Department, tCFL;
and Feng Su-hai (13582.., 2355, 6182), Deputy Chief of Culture and Education
Department, ACFL.
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I;;.ian~;-ha., '-j i7ov~.mber (NCNA). -- The Labor Her~~es Assembly, sponsored by
the :,hang-i,~, Rai._~..ad Adiuinistrative Bureau, wss l.eid 5 to 13 November 1949.
At this n:e~.,.__:3 i,iu L'ii`ang sheng (Ueda: 840, 126ya, ay3), chairman of the
Preparator_~ C:,nuc',t.,;ca, ,hang-hai General Labor Union, stated that his union
will endea?ro~? r~,anize all of the 35,000 railroad workers in the Shang-hai
Railroad DicCr_ct, and that the union is studying Soviet and Northeast Chins
1;ert idcrkers' Uel; ~.;ates Conference in Pei-p'ing an 25 January 19,`?0:
TRANSPt;i;T WORYE?S' CGIII''ERENCE IN JANUARY - - Wen-hui Yso, 20 Dec 49
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nuvber of transport uorkerc before and after liberation and nsmea of officials,
(2) present, labor-management relations, (3) living conditions of xorkera be-
fore and after liberation, and (4) nrgaaization of transport worlcers.
r;isu by 10 ~anuaiy, eacli at?ea mush submit the folloxi-ig reports: (1)
of delegater? must be reported to the ACFL by 23 January. There will be 13
derogates from Northeast C'nina, 13 from North China, 18 from East China, 16
from Central. and So?.zth China, and 5 each from Northwest and Southwest Chinn.
Han-k'ou, 1C November (NCNA) -- The following report, on the labor a~Livi-
ties in H'upeh Province was given at a meeting of the Hupeh Province Labor Con-
ference cn 10 November 1949:
"Idot including Han-k'ou, there ere about oaa mill?on workers in Hupeh.
Province, Ixalf of whom are transport workers. From April on, stevedores;
dredge workers, water-transport xe-?ker;, hagnxay workers, ara r!~ilraa3 wor::era
on the Han-k'eu ?- 1-ch'arg Flghxay, Kuang-chow -- Han-Y.'ou _Railroad, Pei-ping--
Han-k'ou Raii.?uad, Hsiang Ho, and Chang Chiang (Yangtze kiv?r), organized
their own labor unions. They also helped the Hupeh People'e government in
transporting one million People's Liberation Army troop, into South China."
CIIENG-CHOU ESTADLISHES TABOR UNIONS ?-- Wen-hui Yao, 17 ftov 49
Chong-thou; 15 November (NCNA) - Ia early November, the Preparatary Com-
mittee of the Chong-thou General Labor Union called the first Chong-thou Workers'
Delegates Conference and announced the official establiehment of the Chong-thou
General Labor Union, appointment of 31 Executive Committee members, and adoption
of a draft zonatitutir?..
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Sung Irsiu-huai (Ueda: 2312, 4376, 3585), chairman of the committee, gave s re-
port-. on the past activities of provincial workers and deacribeo:'future plans.
establi,n1rent of the Preparatory Committee, Hunan Province General Labor Union,
.was ol'i'icially announced after +.he election of 41 nembers to the committee:
Ch'an~?-she, 10 December (NCNA) -From Ito 5 December, 234 delegates at-
tesde? {;he Iit~nszrF'r::-vi.nce Workers' De=_egates Conference held in this city. The
3IIANG-1~.1 G E3'.tP.r;1.I:,II GENI;RAI. LADOFc UNTON -- Wett-hui Pao, 8 Dec 49
a"hang-he i. Workers' Delegates Conference in January 1950.. At the conference the
oifi.rial e.stablisku?ent of the Shang-hai General Labor Union will be announced..
total of 1. 200,000 Sh~rxg-hat workers have beet organized into labor xmt.ons,
and more than yU0 labor unions or preparatory committees were establiehed in
Kusng-chop -- More than 600 delegates and guests attended the Firet Kuang-
chou Workers' Delegates Conference which convened on 16 December in this city.
The conference adopted the draft constitution. for the Kuang-chou General
Labor Union, heard reports on past labor activities and future program, decided
to organize Workers' Vigilance Corps against subversive elements, and planned ro
establish. workers' cooperatives.
HCi],P1u KUANG-CHOU FIORh^r.iL~' COr~RLIiCE -- Wen-hui Pao, 17 Dec 49
Some of the prominent figures who participated in the ronfererce inc].uned:
Liac Ssu-kuang (Ueda: 2932, 235, 567) and Chu Ching-wen (4717, 4286, 4321)
representing the Ruang-chou General Labor Union; Chu Kuaug (471'j, 567}, Deputy
~:;;ur o? KuarzE;-chau; Fang Fang (4385, 4385); Ku Ts-ts'un (1142, 194b, 2268),
an3 Li Cixang-ta (4735, 8366, 12052) Deputy Chairman of Kwanl3tiuig Provincial
People's gouerxwient; and Lin Ping (4803, 2899) representing Kuang-cbcu Military
Control District.
CH'UNG-L'H'ING ESTABLISHES PREPARATORY COMMI7.TEL' -- Wen-hui t'ao, l6 Der. 49
Ch'urxg-Ch'ing, 1~5 December (NCNA) -- On 9 Decexrioer, 346 corkers' representa-
tives attended a meetieg c311ed by the Chung ch'iag Mil.oary Control Commission
and the Chung-Ch'ing Party Conmittee to appoint 20 members of the Preparatory
Co,?mnit+.ee for the Ch'u;.~,-Ch'ing General La'oor Union and to announce its o?ficisl
astab].iahment.
Speeches were made by Liu Po-ch'eng, Commander, Second Field Army; Chen
Esi-lien (Ueda: 12864, 12526, 9325), Mayor of Chung-Ch'ing; and Hsieh Fu-chih
(11121, 2366, 6055), Secretary of the Chung-Ch'ing Party Commi+.tee.
The members of the Prepara~~ory Committee of the Chung-Ch'ing General
Labor Union include: Chang Chi-ch'un (3065, ]2913, 403) Chairman, Chung-ch'-
ing Military Control Committee; Hsieh Fu-chih; Chang Lin-chlh (3065, 13048, 88),
Deputy Secretary, Chung ch'ixw Party Committee; Chen Hsi-lien; Ts'ao Ti-ch'Su
(~58, 9861; 8187), Deputy Mayor, Chung-Ch'ing; Li Chen (4735, 13636); Shao
Tzu?yen (12147, 2262, 10890); 'clan Li (9954,12372); and Ma Li (13680, 856).
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SHUP WU1ikLiS h~L1 -- Wen-hui Pac, 14 Dec 49
Pei-_p'ing, 13 December (P7CNA) -- Cn 12 December, 33 delegates from 1$
cities attended the All-China Shop Workers' Cadres Confereace in Pei-p'ing
called by the All China Federation oS Labor (ACFL). T1,e conference uaa
presided over by Ch?atig Chin-i1n (Ueda: 3C6$, 45$8, 483), ChQiswan, Stol;
Workers Coumittee, ACFL.
The following business was discussed: general reports on collective
bargaining; systematic organization of the shop workers' ~znioa headquet.-~tera
and subsidiary offices; establishment of the Preparatory Committee to organ-
ize the All-Chira Federation of Shop ?'arks:^s; establishment oY the Pre-
year; and nrganizaiion of all shop workers Cato labor uafoae during the
coming year.
Among those giving reports were: Chang Chun-chiu {3~$, 4$03, 45),
Deputy Chairman of the Shop Workers' Goamittee, ACFL; Wang Liu wen (7262,
~+873, 4321), Chairman, Tien-chiag Shop Workea?e' Uniou; tend Liu Hsieh, {8140,
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