2006年12月8日,王兆国同志在全总十四届十一次主席团(扩大)会议上,立足中国国情,适应时代发展,深刻阐述了中国特色社会主义工会维权观的基本内涵,科学地提出了工会维护什么,怎样维护的问题这个维权观的提出,是中国工会理论与实践创新发展的产物,标志着工会维权工作进一步走向规范化、法制化轨道。牢固树立和践行维权观,对于工会更好地履行维护职能,发挥在协调劳动关系和构筑和谐社会中的作用,具有重要意义。 On December 8, 2006, Comrade Wang Zhaoguo, basing himself on China’s national conditions and adapting to the development of the times, profoundly expounded the basic connotation of the concept of safeguarding the rights of social workers with Chinese characteristics and proposed scientifically What the Trade Unions Should Maintain and How to Maintain This proposed concept of the defense of rights is a product of the innovation and development of the theory and practice of trade unions in China, marking that the unions’ rights protection work has been further standardized and legalized. Firmly establishing and practicing the concept of safeguarding rights is of great significance for the trade unions to perform their functions of safeguarding better and to play their roles in coordinating labor relations and building a harmonious society.