CCTV news: Since 2015, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions has carried out the construction of "Loving Mommy Hut" and "Mother and Baby Room" throughout the country to provide private, safe and hygienic lactation places for lactating female employees. Today, this warm service of providing humanization to female employees is fully launched at the grassroots level.
In a national key construction project in Beijing, Liu Jianning, a female employee of the Beijing branch of the Second Bureau of China Construction, was able to suck milk for the baby in the "mother and baby room", which was set up at the construction site to solve the worries of female employees during lactation.
Liu Jianning, a female employee of the Beijing branch of China Construction Second Bureau: After giving birth to the baby, the company also set up a "mother and baby room" for us, so that we can easily have a private space to breastfeed and suck for the baby.
In the Tongzhou shantytown renovation project in Beijing, a "mother and baby room" of more than 10 square meters provides convenience for young mothers after going to work during pregnancy. Clean, comfortable rooms with greenery and baby feeding books, and in this private space, young mums can also learn about yoga and baby feeding by watching videos.
Zhang Ying, a female employee of the Beijing branch of China Construction Second Bureau: I have taken enough maternity leave for 128 days, and the company has also provided us with a "mother and baby room" that allows us to breastfeed our children normally.
In this enterprise, female employees account for one-third of the total number of employees, and the small "mother and baby room" connects the care for female employees, which is a special physiological stage happiness station tailored by grass-roots trade union organizations for female employees. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, there are 9.5 million women in the construction industry on the mainland, and it has become a consensus for enterprises to solve their worries for them. A relevant person from the All-China Federation of Trade Unions told reporters that the "Loving Mommy Cottage" and "Warm Mother and Baby Room" have been built successively at construction sites, production workshops, office buildings, etc., providing a convenient and comfortable private space for young mothers. At present, 286,000 grass-roots enterprise trade unions have established "mother and baby rooms" across the country.