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厦门商务对话实战 　　在中国，工会是自愿结合的工人阶级群众组织，是中国共产党联系职工群众的桥梁和纽带。 　　中国的工会形式是这样的：同一企业、事业、机关单位中的会员，组织在一个工会基层组织中；同一行业或性质相近的几个行业，根据需要建立全国或地方产业工会组织。省、自治区、直辖市、自治州、市、县（旗）建立地方总工会。全国成立统一的中华全国总工会。一般企业中的工会主席由企业的副职领导兼任，并设副主席和几名干事。 　　在企业、事业单位中，工会的作用是支持行政依法行使管理权力，组织职工参加民主管理和民主监督，与行政方面建立协商制度，保障职工的合法权益，教育职工不断提高思想道德素质和科学文化素质，调动职工的积极性，促进企业、事业的发展。工会常做的事情是发送福利、组织活动、节日慰问等，平时还给工人提供法律服务、社会保障咨询等等。 　　同西方一样，工会的基本职责也是维护职工合法权益，协调劳资关系，调节社会矛盾。 　　英： 　　Labor union 　　 Organization which protects and serves the rights, privileges, and needs 　　 of workers. Originally served to curb abuses to low- value, low-skilled, 　　 poor workers who usually worked long hours for low pay in service and 　　 manufacturing industries. Today, labor unions span across all industries 　　 in the West, from automobile plant workers to zoo keepers. 　　Syndicate 　　 A syndicate is a group of unions in the same industry (i.e. automobile 　　 manufacturing, assembly line workers), or across multiple industries serving 　　 the same main industrial sector (i.e. electricians, truckers, technicians, etc.). 　　Union rep 　　 A union representative is a union member who is the liaison between 　　 management and unionized employees. 　　Grievance 　　 A complaint from a union employee or employees who believe that 　　 something in the labor contract is not being adhered to. 　　Dues 　　 A regular deduction (usually at source) that is paid to the union for 　　 membership privileges. 　　Walkout 　　 Unapproved stoppage of work by unionized employees to protest 　　 something. Generally short in nature. 　　Contract negotiation 　　 Negotiation between a company and a labor union to settle items in a 　　 new contract or to renegotiate items in an existing contract. It 　　 includes such items as: salary, benefits, job security, workloads, 　　 working conditions, and safety conditions. 　　Legal strike 　　 A stoppage of work by unionized employees, usually due to stalled 　　 negotiations for a new contract or to protes