9th Congress of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea HeldThe 9th Congress of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea was held in Pyongyang on the 11th and 12th.
At the congress, the status of trade union work during the comprehensive period was analyzed and summarized in depth, and practical tasks and methods were discussed and decided upon to smoothly carry out the mission and role of trade unions as ideological education organizations in implementing the decisions of the 9th Party Congress by drastically improving union work in accordance with the demands of the times for comprehensive development.
Members of the 8th Central Leadership Body of the Trade Union and elected representatives from trade union organizations at various levels participated in the convention.
Officials from the Party, military institutions, ministries, central agencies, and relevant sectors attended as observers.
Comrade Kim Jae-ryong and Comrade Ri Il-hwan, members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and secretaries of the Party Central Committee; Comrade Ju Chang-il, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and secretary of the Party Central Committee; Comrade Kim Pok-hun, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and First Deputy Prime Minister of the Cabinet; executive members of the Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions; chairmen of provincial trade unions; exemplary trade union officials; trade union members; and trade union officials of the armed forces institutions took their seats on the presidium.
The executive and secretariat were elected at the convention.
The following proposals were submitted to the convention.
- Review of the Work of the Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea
- On the Revision of the Bylaws of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea
- Election of the Central Leadership Body of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea
Comrade Kim Jae-ryong delivered a congratulatory message from the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea to the participants of the 9th Congress of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea and to the working class and union members throughout the country .
In a congratulatory message, the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea stated that the collective period of the Trade Union shines as the pride and self-esteem of the trade union organizations, officials, and the working class, who have added spirit and vitality to the advance of our revolution by rising in unison to repay the expectations of the Party Central Committee, which has set forth them as the vanguard of the struggle to achieve new heights and developments in socialist construction, and highly praised the responsible efforts and dedicated labor devoted to this.
Stating that the new five-year plan period is a very critical time when the patriotic fervor and practical power of the working class and trade union members, who are more faithful than ever to the cause of the Party and the State and to their responsibilities as the country's eldest son, must be unleashed in doubled proportions, the congratulatory message specified the basic tasks and implementation methods facing the trade union in mobilizing workers to create glorious achievements starting from the first year of implementing the decisions of the 9th Party Congress.
At the convention, Comrade Ri Won-jong, Chairman of the Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea, gave a report on the first agenda item.
The reporter summarized the work of the 8th Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions.
He mentioned that over the past five years, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un has set forth the working class and members of the Trade Union as the vanguard and core units leading the way in opening a new high-intensity period of comprehensive national revitalization, and has strengthened and developed the Trade Union into an ideologically pure body and an organizationally whole body.
It was mentioned that, thanks to the patriotic devotion and extraordinary creativity of the working class and trade union members, productive upsurges occurred at the key targets of the five-year plan presented by the 8th Party Congress, and unprecedented production increases were achieved.
It was pointed out that, in accordance with the Party Central Committee's intention to transform the trade union into a revolutionary organization by preserving its nature as a mass political organization of the working class, he took control of the union's internal affairs and stirred up a strong wind of enhancing the union's fighting power and strengthening its primary organizations.
It was emphasized that all achievements made during the comprehensive period are entirely the brilliant fruit of the wise leadership of the respected General Secretary , who has guided our working class step by step to remain faithful to the historical mission it holds before the Party, the fatherland , the era, and the revolution.
He mentioned bringing about groundbreaking improvements in trade alliance work to meet the demands of the period of comprehensive development.
The report analyzed and summarized the series of deviations and causes originating from trade union organizations at all levels during the review period based on concrete factual data, and outlined practical measures to place union work on a new trajectory of qualitative development.
The reporter emphasized the need to more vigorously carry out the revolutionary mass movement and the socialist patriotic movement to awaken the enthusiasm and creativity of trade union members and to create miracles and innovations on all fronts of economic construction.
First, there were discussions regarding the legislative process.
Twenty representatives, including Gong Eun-chol, representative of the South Hamgyong Trade Union, Ri Gwang-dok, representative of the Pyongyang Construction Committee Trade Union, and Kim Yong-chol, representative of the Ministry of Railways Trade Union, participated in the discussion and written discussion.
As the second agenda item, the convention discussed the revision of the statutes of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea.
There was a report on the revision of the trade union statutes.
The reporter submitted the revised bylaws to the deliberation of this competition.
The convention adopted the decision on the revision of the trade union statutes by unanimous consent.
At the convention, the issue of the election of the central leadership body of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea was discussed as the third agenda item.
First, the Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions was elected.
All recommended candidates for members and alternate members of the Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions were elected as members and alternate members of the Central Committee with the unanimous approval of the representatives.
The 1st Plenary Meeting of the 9th Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea was held.
Comrade Ju Chang-il, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea , announced the decisions of the plenary meeting.
The Executive Committee of the Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions was elected.
Comrade Ri Won-jong was elected as Chairman of the Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea, and Comrades Choe Jong-chol, Choe Song-nam, Pak Yang-tae, and Kim Song-ho were elected as Vice-Chairmen.
The Organizing Committee of the Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions was formed.
The chairman, vice-chairman, and members of the Central Inspection Commission of the General Federation of Trade Unions were elected.
Department heads of the Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions have been appointed.
The Congress elected a Drafting Committee for the Congress Resolution consisting of newly elected members of the 9th Central Guidance Body of the Trade Union, and the Committee deliberated on realistic and constructive opinions raised by the representatives and incorporated them into the draft resolution.
The resolution of the 9th Congress of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea was unanimously adopted.
At the convention, a pledge to the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un was adopted. (End)
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