Zhumadian Workers' Cultural Palace "Metamorphosis"

Source: Workers Daily

【Shining Bar Workers' Cultural Palace (8)】Zhumadian Workers' Cultural Palace "Metamorphosis"

On the afternoon of October 18, in the sports stadium of Zhumadian Workers' Cultural Palace, employee Wang Lixia picked up a tennis racket and began her own sports with her companions.

"I heard that the Palace of Culture was built in 2010, but I have never been here before, and I have only come since 2021." Like Wang Lixia, almost all the people in the venue began to come in 2021, and before that, the Zhumadian Workers' Cultural Palace was just an ordinary building for them.

The revival of the liveliness stems from a vigorous "Metamorphosis".

"Meet the expectations of the staff for the Palace of Culture"

"How to build the Palace of Culture?" For this question, the Zhumadian Federation of Trade Unions chose to get the answer from the employees.

Zhang Licai, then chairman of the Zhumadian Municipal Federation of Trade Unions, said that only by allowing there are workers, culture, activities, and brands in the Workers' Cultural Palace can the resources of the Cultural Palace be "moved", the trade union services "lively", and the workers' culture "turned" up.

As a result, a poll on the renovation and expansion of the Workers' Cultural Palace in Zhumadian City solicited "golden ideas" was released. For a time, this matter was on the "hot search" of more than one million trade union members in Zhumadian, causing strong repercussions in the local area.

"You can open some public welfare courses", "Build a place for sports", "Want to watch movies as you used to"... In this three-day poll, tens of thousands of employee netizens participated. Among them, in the "the venue you are most looking forward to building" option, 20% of netizens called for the staff gymnasium.

Mastering the "big data" of the needs of employees, the Zhumadian Federation of Trade Unions quickly promoted the transformation of the Workers' Cultural Palace into a "customized service" of "precise force", formulated a reform and expansion plan of "standard + self-help + order, trade unions for you", and focused on building "two fronts and two bases": a strong position for the ideological and political work of employees, the main position of the spiritual and cultural life of employees, the education base for the literacy of workers in the new era, and a display base for the spirit of model workers, the spirit of craftsmen, and the spirit of labor.

"On the basis of traditional services such as education and training, cultural activities, sports, etc., aiming at the needs of employees, doing a bright job of excellent employee empowerment, caring services and other characteristic service brands, this is what we often call '3 + X'." Zhang Licai said that there was an agreement within the team that only by making X as big as possible based on traditional services could we continuously expand the service coverage of the Workers' Cultural Palace and release more dividends to more grass-roots workers.

"Professional people do professional things"

"The direction has been determined, but how to adhere to the direction of public welfare and service while achieving sustainable development?" After in-depth investigation and extensive solicitation of opinions, in August 2019, Zhumadian City decided to adopt the model of "palace and palace cooperation and palace-enterprise cooperation" for operation and management.

"This day is a 'historic' moment, and since then the construction of the Palace of Culture has embarked on the road of allowing professional people to do professional things." Li Yongchun, a second-level inspector of Zhumadian City and then executive vice chairman of the Zhumadian City Federation of Trade Unions, said.

Seeking cooperation, public tenders... A new "palace-palace cooperation, palace-enterprise cooperation" cultural palace operation model has taken root in Zhumadian.

In September 2019, Zhumadian Workers' Cultural Palace and Zhejiang Haining Workers' Cultural Palace signed the Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement. In September 2020, after public bidding, the "Cooperative Operation Agreement" was signed with a sports and cultural professional service institution in Wuhan with experience in opening venues in three towns in Wuhan.

In less than a year, 15 venues such as the Municipal Employee Publicity and Education Center, the Employee Sports fitness center, the Employee Cultural Exchange Center, and the Employee Literacy (Skills) Training Center have been successfully transformed, and the Workers' Cultural Palace has begun to open to the public.

"The paradise of the staff is back"

For Ms. Li, who lives in Zhumadian Yicheng District, this "deformation" of the Zhumadian Workers' Cultural Palace came in a timely manner.

"The newly built Workers' Cultural Palace has not only culture, but also friends and doctors, who have saved my life." Half a year ago, Ms. Li experienced a rollercoaster family change, when the whole family was immersed in the joy of her son's admission to a key high school, her husband died unexpectedly, the child did not want to go to school, and also resisted going to the hospital... Ms. Li was almost on the verge of collapse, tortured to the point of physical and mental exhaustion.

The company's trade union special officer learned about this situation during the visit and encouraged her to consult the Workers' Psychological Service Center of the Workers' Cultural Palace. Ms. Li clearly remembers that the second-level psychological counseling teacher Daqing on duty that day warmly received her. Later, during the three-month psychological counseling, Fan Daqing intimately made friends with her son.

"Slowly, my son's diet became normal, he helped me with housework, and more importantly, he had the idea of continuing to go to school again." The change of her son Ms. Li is in her eyes and happy in her heart, and for Ms. Li, this is a long-lost sunshine.

"Those who have come will come again, and even bring the people around them to come." Lu Zhiqing, director of the Workers' Cultural Palace in Zhumadian City, obviously felt that the reconstruction of the Workers' Cultural Palace touched the workers, "The most intuitive manifestation is our trade union membership card, many people call to urge to do it, which was rare before." ”

"The content of the public welfare class is even richer, including kite making, palace lamp making, and face sculpture in traditional crafts; crocheting, woodwork, and handmade soap; archery, vocal music, and art in cultural and sports; plant planting in daily life, first aid training, and so on." Speaking of the "Beautiful Life Weekly Public Welfare Class" of the Cultural Palace, Lu Zhiqing is like a family treasure. According to her, more than 40 public welfare classes throughout the year gathered a group of loyal fans, and every time the activity was launched, it was "killed".

With the advent of the "Internet +" era, zhumadian Workers' Cultural Palace has created an online staff cultural and sports service brand by giving full play to its own service advantages with venues as the main position. After the first performance of "Meet the Union • Cool Summer", many employees sent circles of friends to talk about their feelings: "After many years of absence, the paradise of employees has returned." ”

"After the venues of the Palace of Culture have been opened one after another, more and more people have come to the Palace of Culture, and the number of people who come to the Palace of Culture every day is almost thousands." Lu Zhiqing said that such a scene made the cadres and workers of the Zhumadian Workers' Cultural Palace feel very motivated.

Reporter Yu Jiaxi Correspondent Dong Junya Guo Dongsheng

Workers Daily (October 24, 2021, 04 edition)