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Trade unions extend aid in finding jobs
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January 31, 2009, Saturday
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TRADE unions at all levels are striving to help returning migrant workers find new jobs by providing them with training courses, small loans and guidance for job hunting amid a financial crisis, according to the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.
Fang Bin, a young man from Weixian County in north China's Hebei Province, used to be a migrant worker in the eastern city of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province. But he had to close his small business and return home in December when he found his earnings declined due to the crisis.
The trade union in his hometown invited him to several seminars on how to start new businesses. He came up with the idea of opening a rural supermarket in his village, using 300,000 yuan (US$42,000) he had saved from his business in Suzhou.
Statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture indicated that from July to December in 2008, 7.8 million of the 130 million migrant workers returned home due to the shrinking job market.
The trade unions in Xinyang in the central Henan Province trained about 37,000 jobless migrants, and recommended new jobs in the urban areas to about two-thirds of them.
The trade unions in Tongling, Anhui Province, planned to offer 400,000 yuan in small loans this year to help migrant workers start small businesses.
The Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions opened employment agencies especially for migrant and laid-off workers. About 280 enterprises offered 2,200 positions.
Fang Bin, a young man from Weixian County in north China's Hebei Province, used to be a migrant worker in the eastern city of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province. But he had to close his small business and return home in December when he found his earnings declined due to the crisis.
The trade union in his hometown invited him to several seminars on how to start new businesses. He came up with the idea of opening a rural supermarket in his village, using 300,000 yuan (US$42,000) he had saved from his business in Suzhou.
Statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture indicated that from July to December in 2008, 7.8 million of the 130 million migrant workers returned home due to the shrinking job market.
The trade unions in Xinyang in the central Henan Province trained about 37,000 jobless migrants, and recommended new jobs in the urban areas to about two-thirds of them.
The trade unions in Tongling, Anhui Province, planned to offer 400,000 yuan in small loans this year to help migrant workers start small businesses.
The Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions opened employment agencies especially for migrant and laid-off workers. About 280 enterprises offered 2,200 positions.
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