In the past five years, More labor unions have been founded in privately-owned enterprises and more and more immigrant workers have become union members, according to a report annouced during the 16th Congress of Guangzhou General Labor Union opened on November 6th in Guangzhou. China.

By the end of 2006, there were 26,100 labor unions in Guangzhou as well as 24,600 women's organizations set up in Guangzhou's 88,100 enterprises, government organizations and institutions. By June 2007, the number of union members in Guangzhou reached 1.8 million. Labor unions have been set up in 4,024 (69.5%) of the foreign-funded enterprises in Guangzhou, with 411,300 union members. Half of the world's top 500 enterprises have set up labor unions

According to the report, the Guangzhou General Labor Union will do its best to safeguard employees' rights by strengthening principles like the tripartite negotiation mechanism, collective negotiation on payment and the workers' congress. Meanwhile, labor dispatching shall be regulated in order that the relevant workers can join the labor unions and their rights shall be safeguarded.

Source: english.gz.gov.cn