Liu Shaoqi’s Union Thought And Contemporary Value

Liu Shaoqi is a great Marxist, proletarian revolutionist and outstanding leader of Chinese workers movement. In the practical process of leading China’s trade unions and organizing the movement of Chinese workers, he is always able to connect the leadership of party for the trade union work, the construction of trade union organization, the workers movement, the national liberation and maintaining legitimate rights and interests of the workers class and so on ingeniously and scientifically, which not only reflects the outstanding arts of leadership, but also forms the trade unions thoughts with Chinese characteristics, practical guiding value. The study of the labor union thought of Liu Shaoqi can help us to further clarify the scientific conclusion that working class is the revolutionary leader. What is more, we can also deeply understand the scientific spirit of seeking truth from facts and keeping pace with the times. Therefore, it is of great historical significance and practical significance to study Liu Shaoqi’s thought in terms of the labor union.The content of the trade union thought of Liu Shaoqi is extremely rich with the macro top-level thinking and the micro scientific design as well; with thought of labor union construction in every stage of new democracy and the rational thinking and practice of trade union work during the period of socialist transformation and construction. The content includes: how to strengthen the leadership of the Communist Party of the union; how to strengthen the organizational construction of the trade union; how to protect the legitimate rights and interests of trade unions and trade union members; the duty and mission of the union; art and strategy of the work of trade unions; education and cultivation of the union members; the relationship between the work of trade union and the workers’ movement; the relationship between the work of Trade Unions and Chinese revolution and construction and so on. His thought and practice of Trade Unions reflect the work highlight for the party in different historical period, the distinct characteristics of the times and the advanced spirit of the times.This research adopts literature research, comparative research, historical research and other research methods to make the following conclusions: first, Liu Shaoqi combines the universal principle of Marx with the Chinese revolutionary practice; develop the Marx doctrine of labor union theory and enrich Mao Zedong thought and theory; second, Liu Shaoqi’s thought and practice of trade unions effectively promote the party’s mission in different historical period; three, Liu Shaoqi’s thought of trade union embodies the spirit of advancing with the times and seeking truth from facts; fourth, Liu Shaoji’s thought of labor union is of an important guiding significance in the new situation to strengthen and improve the work of Trade Unions in China.The whole paper is divided into three parts: The first part discusses the formation of Liu Shaoqi’s thought of the Trade Union. It outlines the background of the time when he carries out the workers movement and historical reasons and its inevitability for the formation of its theoretical thinking. The second part summarizes the main content of Liu Shaoqi’s trade union thought including the trade union thought in new democratic revolution period and the socialist transformation and the construction period. The third part mainly discusses the historical contribution of Liu Shaoqi’s thought and its contemporary value.