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Bus/Financial - Human Resources | | Chinese term or phrase: 总工会 | Dictionaries translate 总工会 as a federation of trade unions. I am wondering whether in these examples it shouldn't be translated as "trade union(s)" or "general trade union(s)". What to you think?
各级总工会、产业工会履行下列工作职责：
区劳动行政部门制定劳动合同示范文本时，应当事先征求同级总工会的意见。
市、区劳动行政部门应当会同同级总工会和企业的代表，建立劳动关系三方协调机制，共同研究处理涉及劳动关系的重大问题。
市、区总工会应当在工会经费中设立职工权益保障专项资金并配备专业人员，就下列事项在必要时提供支持和帮助：
各级总工会、产业工会履行下列工作职责：
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| | Trade Union Federations | Explanation:
中华全国总工会the All-China Federation
of Trade Unions (ACFTU)
There's organizational structure at the official website of ACFTU as shown below. I believe **Trade Union Federations** fits the context you have.
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(Depending on the context, provincial / autonomous region / municipal) trade union federation. |
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Jason Ma
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Local time: 18:22
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17 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 Trade Union Federations
Explanation:
中华全国总工会the All-China Federation
of Trade Unions (ACFTU)
There's organizational structure at the official website of ACFTU as shown below. I believe **Trade Union Federations** fits the context you have.
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Note added at 21 mins (2008-08-23 14:04:48 GMT)
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(Depending on the context, provincial / autonomous region / municipal) trade union federation.
Reference: http://english.acftu.org/template/10002/file.jsp?cid=64&aid=...
| Jason Ma
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