Reporters Ye Jinyao and Chen Jialing/Tainan Report
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Tainan City’s first model labor commendation meeting was held in Anping District on the 26th. The Director of Labor, Wang Xinji, presented awards to 187 outstanding model workers from the unions affiliated to the Tainan City Federation of Trade Unions. The Tainan City Federation of Trade Unions recently went to Japan to provide relief for earthquake disasters, and was brought back by Chairman Chen Shuilin. A souvenir from Kanazawa Mayor Taku Murayama was handed over to Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe and accepted by representative Wang Xinji.
Yesterday, the awards ceremony was very lively. All the model workers were dressed up carefully. Wang Xinji took photos with the model workers one by one. Representatives from the trade unions at all levels took beautiful photos of the award-winning model workers. The spotlights kept flashing under the stage.
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Wang Xinji said that the thousands of new investment projects in Tainan also need to recruit talents. In order to attract excellent workers, the city government, based on the “Hope Home” policy vision, joins hands with industry and academia to create a livable and friendly city. The driving force behind Tainan’s development today is the vast number of labor friends. On the eve of May Day, I would like to express my special thanks to all of you for your silent efforts at work. It is not easy to be selected as a model worker, and you will continue to lead the grassroots as a role model. Labor, improve functions and enhance workplace culture.
Thanks to the efforts of the Labor Bureau, the above-mentioned businesses have achieved outstanding results and have successively won the “Government Service Quality Award”, “Employment Stability Fund Merit Award”, “Coaching Labor and Management to Sign Group Agreements”, and “TTQS Gold Medal Award for 13 Consecutive Years” , “Class A in the Annual Performance Evaluation of Labor Inspection Agencies”, “Class A in the Occupational Safety and Health Performance of Government Agencies” and many other awards.
Chen Shuilin, Chairman of the Tainan City Federation of Trade Unions, specifically mentioned that the Ishikawa Prefecture Federation of Japan and the Tainan City Federation of Trade Unions formed a sisterhood in 1994, which has a history of 30 years; the Rui Shijiazhuang Massacre occurred in Ishikawa County on the afternoon of January 1, 2024 The No. 6 earthquake caused many road fractures, the collapse of some houses and casualties. The Federation of Trade Unions launched the “Japan Ishikawa Prefecture Disaster Relief Project” donation, calling on all affiliated trade unions, various charity groups and individuals to donate together. A special disaster relief account was opened for about one month More than 189 donations poured in, totaling more than NT$1.07 million, equivalent to 5 million yen.
On March 6 this year, two officials, Chairman Chen Shui Lin and Vice Chairman Hu Shangli of the Tainan City Federation of Trade Unions, personally sent donations to the Ishikawa Prefecture Department of Labor and Welfare, the Kanazawa City and Ishikawa Prefecture Federation, etc. to assist Japan’s earthquake disaster. Kanazawa Mayor Taku Murayama and Federation President Yoshio Fukuda presented certificates of thanks in return; the Federation of Trade Unions forwarded this kindness from Taiwan to Japan, hoping to help people in the disaster area get out of the disaster. Chen Shuilin said that this donation represents the deep affection of countless Taiwanese workers.
