The CFTU was disbanded in October last year, and the CFTU training center, which provided retraining courses, was also shut down. At that time, there were about 8,000 students still waiting in line to enroll in the course.
Yu Pengchun, Chairman of the Employees Retraining Bureau, revealed that the aftercare arrangements for the employees of the Employees Retraining Union have been smoothly transitioned and handed over. The students from more than ten training centers under the Employees Retraining Bureau have been referred to other institutions. Courses, such as wheelchair maintenance and civil engineering, have been tendered to and undertaken by other institutions.
Yu Pengchun, chairman of the Employees Retraining Board, said that in the past, there was an orderly contact with the top management of the Trade Unions Union, and all the trainees have been successfully accepted.
(Photo by Liang Sixing)
The Union of Trade Unions was officially disbanded in October last year, with 97 affiliated associations and about 145,000 members.
In addition to the labor union advocating labor rights for all walks of life, the Trade Union Training Center also provides a large number of vocational training courses, covering 28 industries and general skill areas.
The original registered courses are scheduled to officially end in December.
The Employees Retraining Board said that all trainee handovers have been successfully completed.
Yu Pengchun, chairman of the Employees Retraining Board, said in an interview that since July and August last year, the ERB had heard the news of the dissolution of the Trade Unions and had contacted the management of the trade unions training center to arrange the aftermath and arrange all the trainees, including regular courses. Trainees, those who are about to take an exam, and those who are still on the waiting list.
He said that when the trainees officially completed their training cooperation on December 1 last year, most of them had already completed their exams and employment services. The nearly 8,000 trainees on the waiting list had already arranged to take classes in other institutions. More than a dozen of its training centers have been referred to other institutions.
Yu Pengchun, chairman of the Employees Retraining Board, said that in the past, there was an orderly contact with the top management of the Trade Unions Union, and all the trainees have been successfully accepted.
(Photo by Liang Sixing)
Wu Guoqiang, the executive director of the Employees Retraining Bureau, said that in the past, there was an orderly contact with the top management of the Trade Union, and the transition was smooth.
In addition, some courses exclusively organized by the trade unions, such as plumbers and wheelchair maintenance courses for ethnic minorities, are still being undertaken by other institutions one after another.
The Employees Retraining Board is also planning to provide 140,000 training places and 40,000 spare places in the coming year, using online and face-to-face teaching arrangements. About 380 online courses are now offered.
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