Chapter 153: Model Worker Selection (Part )
The next day was the weekend, and in the afternoon, the factory organized the third staff representative meeting of the year.

One of the most important agenda items of this staff congress is to select this year's factory model workers.

For ordinary workers, being named a factory model worker is already the highest honor in their life. The factory is also very strict and cautious in the selection of model workers. From nomination to preliminary selection to the final determination of the list of model workers, there is a very strict process.

"... Dear colleagues, dear comrades, the task we are about to face is important and arduous. We must respond to the call with firm determination and faith and go all out to complete the task. Leading cadres at all levels must play an exemplary role, go deep into the front line, and personally supervise to ensure high quality and high efficiency of work. We must strictly implement the responsibility system with iron discipline to ensure that someone is responsible and supervised for every task..."

After the meeting started, Factory Director Liu Biao first made an opening speech and then handed the microphone to the leader next to him.

However, at this time, the seat next to Liu Biao was empty, and on the sign on the table, the three words "Xie Changjiang" were clearly written.

According to the plan, Xie Changjiang should have returned to the factory last night to attend the staff representative meeting this afternoon, but until now, Xie Changjiang has not shown up.

However, this had no impact on this staff congress. After all, although Xie Changjiang was the deputy factory director, he did not have much real power. Both other leaders in the factory and the employees below felt that he had no sense of existence, so in this kind of meeting, Xie Changjiang was dispensable.

"Regarding this staff representative meeting, let me make it short. In the past year, all the employees of this factory have demonstrated a very high enthusiasm for work. In order to complete the production tasks, everyone is willing to work overtime and work hard. On our side, the technical department is also full of dedication. In addition to cooperating to solve technical problems in various workshops of the factory on weekdays, they will also work overtime with the workers. In addition, in order to complete the product development tasks assigned to me by my superiors, I even gave up my holidays..."

The second person to speak was Li Cunzhu, the head of the technical department.

Although Li Cunzhu is only the head of the technical department, he has a very high prestige in the current Victory Machinery Factory.

However, starting from a few years ago, Li Cunzhu has basically rarely participated in the factory's new product innovation. But no matter what, Shengli Machinery Factory is a third-line military factory after all, and the importance of technological innovation is very high. As the head of the technical department, he is highly valued by the factory director Li Cunzhu. Being able to speak before all the department leaders in the office building is enough to prove his current status in the factory.

“…One of the important agendas of our staff representative meeting today is to select the model workers of our factory this year. As in previous years, our factory has always been open and fair in selecting model workers. So I hope that in today’s meeting, the representatives of each workshop and department present here can cherish your representative qualifications, cherish your voting rights, live up to the trust and support of all employees, and select model workers and advanced workers who can truly represent the factory, so that the spirit of hard work of our factory can be carried forward!!”

"Clap clap clap!"

After Li Cunzhu's impassioned speech, warm applause broke out in the audience.

In particular, the applause from some department heads and cadres sitting in the front row was very enthusiastic, even stronger than the reaction to Liu Biao's speech just now.

As Li Cunzhu made this speech, the atmosphere in the meeting hall began to become heated.

Among the various award activities in the factory in previous years, the selection of model workers is undoubtedly the most competitive and the most watched event. After all, model workers represent the most outstanding and contributive workers in the factory. At the same time, the rewards they receive are the most generous, and may even directly change a worker's life.

These rewards include model worker bonuses, salary increases, job promotions, and most eye-catchingly, allocation of new homes!
Especially the allocation of new houses. As a large factory with tens of thousands of employees located in a mountain valley, employee housing has always been a difficult problem. Until now, there are even families of three generations and seven or eight people living in a small house of less than 30 square meters, and such situations are everywhere. After all, the open space in the factory is limited and not many residential buildings can be built.

As a result, every year when the factory distributes housing, gift-giving, running after relationships, and even reporting and quarreling with each other occur frequently. Even the factory director Liu Biao is extremely troubled by the issue of housing distribution. For this reason, he has to organize a special working group for the housing distribution. On the one hand, he has to follow the rules, and on the other hand, he has to appease people, which adds a lot of workload.

But if you are rated as a model worker in the factory, all the problems regarding housing allocation can be easily solved.

The factory has a special building for model workers, which is a newly built three-story prefabricated house. The rooms are spacious and bright, and there are independent bathrooms and kitchens. This is the famous "Twenty-fourth Floor" living area.

Nowadays, several more buildings have been added to the living area, and the number of households has already exceeded 24, but the factory has always called this model worker living area the "24th Floor", which is also the most coveted residence for all employees.

Even the factory director Liu Biao did not live on the "24th floor".

"Next, we will discuss the selection of model workers for the entire factory this year. In accordance with the instructions from our superiors and the relevant systems formulated by our factory, the nomination process for this year's model worker selection has officially begun..." After the leaders on the stage took turns speaking, this staff representative conference finally reached the most important moment, which is the selection of this year's model workers.

The speaker at this time was Guan Jinghe, the factory union chairman. He was also the vice chairman of the factory model worker nomination committee, and the chairman was the factory director Liu Biao.

"…The selection of model workers this time was conducted in an open and fair process. After each workshop submitted its nomination list in July, we carefully and meticulously investigated and screened each candidate. This year, there are a total of 41 model worker candidates nominated, all of whom are outstanding representatives from various workshops and departments…"

At this moment, the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became tense. Everyone put down their papers and pens and focused their eyes on the stage.

After more than ten years of development, the selection of model workers at Shengli Machinery Factory has formed a fairly mature process. The general procedure is two reviews and one public announcement.

First, the factory will set up a model worker selection committee. Liu Biao, who is the factory director and secretary, is the chairman of this committee. The vice chairman has always been the chairman of the trade union in recent years. As for other members, they are basically the directors or secretaries of each workshop.

The review process is divided into two parts. The initial review is conducted by each workshop. Each workshop will eventually nominate five to ten candidates. After the list is submitted to the factory model worker selection committee, the committee will examine the nominees' work situation, work performance, and various achievements, and finally select a list of 40 to 50 people.
In order to balance the workshops and departments, at least one person from each workshop will be included in the official list of model worker candidates.

What was carried out at today's staff congress was actually the "second review" of this year's model workers. All those participating in this staff congress had the right to vote by raising their hands to approve the second review list of model workers. As long as more than two-thirds of the hands raised were in favor, the candidate would have successfully passed the second review and entered the final public announcement process.

The so-called public announcement process is to announce the list of candidates throughout the factory. If no one in the factory raises objections or reports during this period, if the candidate is indeed unworthy of the title and has serious problems, then his/her qualification for model worker selection will be revoked. If there are no problems, after a one-month public announcement period, the list of model workers will be finalized, and all that awaits them is public awards and commendations.

Generally speaking, however, the public announcement period is usually just a formality and no one will raise any objections. The only exception was the year before last, when a model worker candidate was reported for stealing things from the factory to make furniture and was disqualified. Apart from this, there have been no other related incidents during the public announcement period.

"The first candidate for model worker is Comrade Chen Guisheng from the machining workshop. Comrade Chen Guisheng has been in the factory for 2700 years. He has been hardworking and conscientious. He has been named a model worker of the whole factory four times and a municipal model worker once. This year, he led his team members to undertake the processing of 130 new rocket warheads. In order to complete the task excellently, Comrade Chen Guisheng gave up his rest on Sundays and holidays and regarded the factory as his home..."

Soon, the union chairman read out the name and information of the first model worker candidate.

Every year in the selection of model workers, there are always some "old faces". They have often won the title of factory model worker many times, and some have even been elected as model workers of the entire factory for five consecutive years.

In fact, this is a very normal thing. Although the factory has been continuously injecting "fresh blood" in recent years and the front-line team has begun to get younger, there are always only a few people who do the most work in each workshop, and most people just go with the flow and get by. Naturally, it is impossible for them to be included in the list of model workers.

"…The above is the basic information of Comrade Chen Guisheng's selection as a model worker. Now let's vote by raising hands. Comrades who agree that Comrade Chen Guisheng should be selected as this year's model worker, please raise your hands."

As soon as the union chairman Guan Jinghe finished speaking, everyone in the audience immediately raised their hands.

Naturally, no one at the scene had any objection to such undisputed "seniority" in the job, so the vote was quickly passed by a show of hands.

"Excuse me, I'm late, can you let me pass..."

At this moment, Deputy Factory Director Xie Changjiang suddenly entered the meeting room, glanced at the front desk, and walked to his seat.

No one reacted to Xie Changjiang's sudden appearance, including the other leaders on the stage, who just smiled and looked at him.

After all, to everyone, Xie Changjiang was just an insignificant character. His attendance at this meeting was nothing more than a formality...

(End of this chapter)