On The Trade Union's Duty Of Safeguard

Our country is in the transformation period from traditional agricultural society to industrial one and from planned economic system to market economic system. And with the development of mixed economy, market-oriented labor relation has come into being. In its field, there are a lot of factories which violated the labor law and labor's basic rights and interests, and the situation is serious. As the representative, guardian and the spokesman of labors, trade union and its guardian function should be studied, which is very meaningful to the reality.This paper begins from the function of trade union, looking back to the mode of trade union from the planned economic period to market economic period. That is from the traditional mode of production and guard to the new mode of guard stressed. And elaborates the current situation in which the trade union gives play to the function of guard; analyzing the elements that affected the elaboration of its function, including some systematic reasons, some unfavorable factors lying in itself, the imperfect related labor laws which protect labors and so on; finally giving some suggestions that strengthen the function of trade union, that is harmonizing the relations among trade union and government and party, reforming and perfecting the trade union, making the legislative guarantee for union's function, which includes the modification and perfection of related laws which protect labors and the enhancement of enforcing the law.