2008年10月,胡锦涛总书记在同全总新一届领导班子成员和工会十五大部分代表座谈时发表重要讲话,全面评价了全国广大职工和各级工会组织的杰出贡献,高度肯定了工人阶级和工会组织的历史地位,对在新的历史起点上更好地发挥工人阶级和工会组织的作用提出 In October 2008, General Secretary Hu Jintao delivered an important speech during his meeting with the members of the new leadership group and representatives of the fifteen major trade unions, comprehensively evaluated the outstanding contributions made by the vast numbers of workers and trade unions across the country, and highly affirmed the workers The historical status of the classes and the trade unions put forward the idea of ​​better exerting the role of the working class and the trade unions in the new historical starting point