Chapter 363 Labor Insurance Benefits and "Glove Clothes"

Beijing.

The Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine's visit to "poor households" did not attract much attention.

After all, all units and factories now belong to the state, and employees are the "masters", so visiting and comforting families in need is one of the responsibilities of the trade union.

In units and factories, trade unions at all levels have a "labor protection" organization.

In addition to the responsibility of supervising and implementing labor protection for enterprise employees, this labor protection organization also has a key task, which is to coordinate units or factories to provide assistance to "needy households."

For families with financial difficulties, trade union officials in charge of labor insurance need to frequently visit each household to make inquiries.

In addition, a certain amount of relief funds will be issued based on the degree of family difficulty of the needy households.

In particular, when employees or their family members are seriously ill or facing difficulties due to other special reasons, the trade union must send people to express condolences on a regular basis.

This has become a fixed procedure and system, and all units are implementing it, so everyone is used to it.

Instead, the Chinese Medical Research Institute and the trade union jointly provided condolences, gifts and red congratulatory messages to retired employees, which caused a sensation.

At that time, public-private partnership had only been in place for about ten years, and many units or factories were not as complete as they would be ten or twenty years later.

Moreover, there are not many retired people, and most people in the unit or factory are in their prime.

Therefore, there are basically not many benefits for retired employees.

The Chinese Medical Research Institute and the labor union of the unit where it is located actually distributed gifts to retired employees and sent them big red congratulatory messages.

Especially the big words "Retire with Honor" made many people envious.

It may be due to the times, many people nowadays may prefer this kind of honorary reward to material rewards.

Aunt Gao, the first person to receive this honor, has put away all her regrets about retirement and has a happy face every day.

In her home, she hung this big red commendation in the most conspicuous place in the living room to ensure that everyone who came to visit her home could see it first.

The manager of the compound where she lived was also a politically sensitive person. After receiving the news, he immediately reported the matter to the leader of the neighborhood committee.

Then, the street leaders learned about it.

Afterwards, some newspapers came to the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine to interview this matter.

Dean Lu naturally agreed to this good thing that could be publicized.

Not long after the interview, the Beijing Daily was the first to publish this story.

Soon after, many other newspapers also reprinted this news.

For a time, many places across the country were discussing this matter.

Many units or factories, especially large ones, have begun to learn this method, regularly visiting retired employees and giving gifts and red wedding announcements to recently retired employees.

Even many employees who have retired before are clamoring for their companies to give them a replacement.

"Comrade Wang Mengde, our Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine is now completely famous, and many workers are talking about your kindness.

Moreover, even the leaders above us praised us for doing a good job, which not only reflects the superiority of the system, but also makes the workers feel respected. "

The union leader said with a smile.

He was also praised by his superiors for this matter, and there is definitely hope for him to be promoted in the future.

"Hehe, we just did what we were supposed to do.

By the way, I have discussed with the leaders of the institute and plan to provide some benefits to all employees on a regular basis. How about distributing it together with the labor insurance provided by the union? What do you think? "

Wang Mengde stated the purpose of his visit today.

As the matter escalated to the political level, President Lu and other leaders of the institute were also very happy.

It just so happens that the planning of the staff building has been finalized and the approximate amount of funds required has also been determined.

After taking inventory of the small treasury, I found that even after deducting the funds for building the staff building, there was still a lot of money left.

Moreover, as time goes by, the money will increase.

The leaders thought that it was not a good idea to keep the money in the account, so they discussed it and decided to pay benefits to all employees on a regular basis.

In addition to the large amount of supplies donated by foreign patients, we also plan to work with trade unions to issue some more "labor insurance".

"No problem, we, the union, would love for you to think of distributing benefits to our fellow workers.

By the way, what items does the institute plan to distribute? Let’s also see if we can avoid distributing duplicate items.”

The union leaders were overjoyed.

One of their responsibilities is to seek benefits for employees, and of course the more benefits the better.

“Well, we made a list and planned to give out different items every month.

For example, in the winter, workers are given coal and fire fees. Before winter every year, people are organized to go to other places to buy some fruits, such as Guoguang apples and other seasonal fruits that are easy to store, and distribute them to employees for storage.

We also need to organize personnel to purchase and distribute winter vegetables such as cabbage, radish, onion, and potatoes from relevant departments based on the quantities reported by employees.

In the summer, we distributed items to keep out the heat, as well as a small amount of sugar and tea.

By the way, for the sake of the health of female employees, I think toilet paper, sanitary napkins and other feminine products should also be distributed regularly.

Ordinary labor protection supplies such as work clothes, gloves, towels, etc. are distributed regularly every month.

As for supplies such as rice, flour, oil, meat, etc., it depends on how much there is each month and then we can decide how to distribute it.

As for whether or not to avoid overlap with the items distributed by the labor insurance union, I don't think there is any need to make a special distinction.

After all, all the items distributed are practical household items, and the employees will not waste them. "

Wang Mengde briefly introduced the supplies that all the leaders of the institute had agreed to prepare for distribution to the employees.

That is to say, the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine receives a large amount of donations and supplies from foreign patients every month, which is why it is so wealthy.

Otherwise, most companies don’t have that much money to provide benefits to their employees.

Even large enterprises or factories cannot distribute subsidies so frequently because they have too many employees.

"Well, then our union will definitely do its best to cooperate with your work."

When the union leaders heard that there were so many supplies to be distributed, they almost smiled crookedly.

These will all be counted as their political achievements, even though they didn't do any work.

After communicating with the trade union, Wang Mengde assigned the work promptly and decisively.

The several directors on the logistics side are all experienced comrades. After receiving the arrangements, they all carried out the orders with great enthusiasm.

Early July.

No. 95, Nanluoguxiang.

Yan Bugui did not go fishing today, which was unusual. Instead, he was bending over and fiddling with the pots of flowers at the front door of his house.

"Uncle, you didn't go fishing today?"

At the gate, Wang Mengde pushed his bicycle into the yard, then greeted with a smile.

"Meng De is back. Hi, I was feeling a little dizzy, so I took a day off."

Yan Bugui raised his head and answered.

As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes suddenly opened wide.

There were many things hanging on the back seat and handlebars of Wang Mengde's bicycle. "Mengde, where did you get this?"

"Uncle, these are benefits provided by our company and the labor union."

"It's not a festival, why are they giving out so much?"

Yan Bugui asked in a sour tone.

He is a teacher at Hongxing Primary School. In the past, the school and the trade union would distribute some benefits during festivals.

But there aren’t many of those things.

After the classes were suspended, even the benefits were suspended.

Now when I see the things on Wang Mengde’s bicycle, I feel extremely envious.

After Wang Mengde pushed his bicycle through the moon gate into the central courtyard, Yan Bugui reluctantly withdrew his gaze from him. Then he threw a worn-out shovel aside, feeling very unhappy.

If the quality of life of the residents in the courtyard was similar, he wouldn't think there was anything wrong.

Even though Yi Zhonghai was an eighth-level worker with a monthly salary of 99 yuan, or even though Lao Xu's family in the backyard had two projectionists, they kept bringing home local specialties from their fellow villagers.

At that time, he just murmured a few words of envy and then didn't take it to heart.

But now the quality of life of Lao Wang's family has left everyone else, including him, far behind.

Middle Court.

Wang Mengde's home.

After he carried all the things on the bicycle into the living room, He Shengnan looked through them with a smile on her face.

"Meng De, why is your unit still distributing cotton gloves? Do you want your doctors to work in the workshop too?"

He Shengnan said curiously while holding seven or eight pairs of white knitted gloves.

This type of gloves is usually distributed in factories, mainly for workers to wear during production.

Wang Mengde and his colleagues are all doctors in their unit, so they definitely don't need this. But now so many of them are being distributed, so she asked about it.

"This is a welfare item distributed by our unit and the trade union, borrowed from other brother units. Although it is not used in the unit, it is also good for employees to keep it and use it when moving things at home in the future."

Wang Mengde explained with a smile.

One of his directors at the time also raised the issue and suggested eliminating items such as line gloves and work clothes.

He rejected it.

Anyway, these will not be wasted once they are distributed to the employees.

For many families, thread gloves and overalls are very practical.

Not to mention work clothes, you can take them home and alter them to make new clothes for the children, and you can also use some scraps to mend other old clothes.

The white thread gloves were also taken apart and woven into "glove clothes".

In this era, most of the land in the countryside was used to grow grain, and very little cotton was planted, so the supply of cloth was also limited.

Apart from soldiers, there are only a handful of people who can afford to wear good fabrics.

The cloth coupons issued to each family each year were usually only three or five feet, which was not enough for everyone in the family to make a piece of clothing.

This gave rise to a very famous saying: three years new, three years old, and another three years of mending.

When a new piece of clothing is worn by the eldest child, then by the second child, and then by the third child, the older child is altered to smaller sizes and the smaller child is used to make patches, so not a single drop of clothing is wasted.

There are not enough cloth coupons, and the whole family needs clothes. What should I do?
In this situation, many people began to turn their attention to labor protection supplies.

Many factories distribute two or three pairs of white yarn gloves every month, so many workers secretly save them.

After saving for three or four months, you will have several pairs of gloves, which you can then disassemble and weave into clothes.

It takes about ten pairs of gloves made of this yarn to weave one piece of clothing for an adult, so we discussed how to distribute the gloves and borrowed from each other. I'll give them to you this time and keep them for me next time.

In order to make it look more beautiful, housewives also study the patterns and weave different styles such as willow leaves, small flowers, and grass.

"Well, keep these work clothes and thread gloves for when you do house cleaning or move things around the house."

He Shengnan said happily.

As he spoke, he carefully folded all of them and prepared to put them in the closet later.

“We have so much fabric at home, and I don’t think we’ll be able to use it.

So, you can take all the gloves and work clothes to Shengwen and Shengwu's family when you have time, and let them use them."

Wang Mengde sat on a chair, picked up the herbal tea that his wife had poured in advance, took a sip, and then said.

Their wardrobes are almost full of clothes and fabrics.

Besides, things like work clothes and wire gloves are probably not used twice a year at home. Instead of stuffing them in the closet and collecting dust, it would be better to give them to my two brothers-in-law.

“We can’t give them all, we have to leave at least two sets for our family.

In life, we can’t be too extravagant, we have to plan carefully to live well.”

He Shengnan said in a firm tone.

Wang Mengde didn't say anything else in response to her insistence.

Although his home would not be short of supplies, not to mention those given by foreign patients, he could also buy these in his space.

However, there were elderly people in his family in his previous life who understood some of the thoughts of people of this era and their overly frugal behavior.

For example: we are reluctant to eat the snacks we bought during the Chinese New Year even in the summer, and we are reluctant to throw the rotten fruits into the trash.

I never want to throw away leftover food, and I never want to throw away small things even if they are broken.

It can be said that these behaviors are too numerous to mention.

In the eyes of young people in later generations, it is particularly difficult to understand why some elderly people eat expired food or moldy grains and oils, which lead to cancer or other problems.

But Wang Mengde has been in this era for more than ten years and has experienced difficult times.

Therefore, I fully understand the concepts ingrained in our bones such as "be prepared for danger in times of peace" and "waste is shameful".

When Wang Mengde got the "labor insurance" back, he did not avoid the neighbors in the yard.

Soon, more than 20 households in the courtyard knew about this matter.

Next door, the old Jia family.

Qin Huairu looked at Banggeng's clothes full of patches and thought to herself that it was time to make a new piece of clothing for her son.

In recent years, their family has lived a very difficult life and the family hasn't made new clothes for several years.

Although she and her child have settled their household registration and have been allocated a certain amount of money, Jia Zhang still has a rural household registration.

In addition, her salary is not high and she is the only one earning money, which results in the family's living standard being the lowest in the community.

"Huai Ru, go next door and borrow a few more pairs of knitted gloves. I have nothing to wear."

Jia Dongxu was half lying on a chair, fanning himself with one hand while speaking.

Looking at her husband's appearance, Qin Huairu didn't say anything, but just silently went out and walked towards Wang Mengde's house.

(End of this chapter)