Post, photo: Hong Van
Over 94 years of establishment and development, the Vietnam Trade Union has matured in all aspects, making many important contributions in each period of the country's history. Upholding the glorious tradition, in Can Tho City, over the years, trade unions at all levels have constantly strived to innovate organizational thinking and implemented many grassroots-oriented activities; care and protect the legitimate rights and interests of union members and employees (members and employees).
Ms. Le Thi Suong Mai, Chairwoman of the Can Tho City Confederation of Labor, visited the production and business situation at Can Tho Seafood Import-Export Joint Stock Company (Caseamex).
Play the role of "leader"
In Thot Not district, there are 10.357 members working in 145 grassroots trade unions. Over the past time, the District Labor Confederation has organized many practical and effective activities to attract employees and employees to participate. Notably, the District Labor Confederation deployed dialogue models in industrial parks in the district and grassroots. For the 2018-2023 term, the District Labor Confederation successfully organized 2 dialogues between district government leaders and workers and union officials; all 24 enterprises with trade unions in the area held 486 periodical and irregular dialogues. Every year, the district Labor Confederation directs the affiliated trade unions to coordinate with the authorities at the same level to organize the meeting of cadres and civil servants, and the labor conference to achieve 100% of the target. The District Labor Confederation established the models of "Safe Workers' Hostels", "Six Guarantees" in the enterprise. Thereby contributing to timely resolution of problems and recommendations arising at the facility.
Sharing about the role of a trade union official, Ms. Pham Kim Tuyen, Chairman of the Thot Not District Labor Confederation said: "Being trusted by the members, the trade union cadre must be wholeheartedly devoted to their work, considering the interests of the employees as the rights of the employees. themselves, put themselves in the position of employees to understand, have a common voice, promptly perform well their functions and duties as representatives to care for and protect the legitimate rights and interests of employees. , labor force”.
With the same thought, Mr. Tran Quoc Tuyen, Chairman of the Communist Party of Tay Do Garment Joint Stock Company, always determines that taking care of the lives of members and employees is a central task, put on the top. Mr. Quoc Tuyen and the Executive Committee of the Company's Trade Union paid attention and advised the Company's Board of Directors to well implement the contents of the collective labor agreement in the assignment of jobs, ensuring the right people, the right jobs, and paying attention to the employees. pregnant and nursing female employees; promptly solve problems, well implement policies and procedures for employees.
Mr. Quoc Tuyen expressed: "As a garment enterprise with a high focus on production, it is sometimes difficult to propagate and gather students to participate in activities and movements. I and the Executive Committee of the Communist Party of the Company flexibly organized the propaganda of regimes and policies, popularized legal education, etc. through the internal loudspeaker; giving gifts to workers in each production workshop on holidays and Tet.
According to statistics of the Can Tho City Labor Confederation, the whole city has 1.203 Communist Trade Unions with 58 full-time trade union officers and 4.960 part-time trade union officers. In the spirit of "If a trade union is strong, then it will take good care of its members and employees", the city's labor union focuses on improving the quality of its staff of trade unions at all levels; pay attention to training and fostering to build a contingent of trade union cadres with capacity, intelligence, bravery, enthusiasm, responsibility and prestige to gather employees.
Accompanying students and employees
According to Ms. Le Thi Suong Mai, Chairwoman of the Can Tho City Confederation of Labor, over the years, the city's trade unions have synchronously implemented many practical activities towards the grassroots, performing well their functions and duties of caring representatives. , protect the lawful and legitimate rights and interests of members and employees. The method of leadership and organization of trade union activities in a number of fields has many new points, responsibility, flexibility, practicality and timeliness in the spirit of taking the staff as the center.
The city's trade union staff is always interested in capturing the thoughts and aspirations to promptly solve the legitimate concerns of the members and employees; develop regulations on close coordination between trade unions and functional agencies in order to have a legal corridor to deal with issues related to the interests of members and employees. Promoting the ownership of employees, in the 2018-2023 period, trade unions at all levels have actively coordinated with heads of agencies, units and enterprises to review, amend, supplement, complete and issue 395 new regulations democracy in the unit; 100% of units organize conferences of cadres, civil servants and public employees; 100% of state-owned enterprises, 73,5% of non-state enterprises hold employee conferences. In addition, the city's trade unions have also created, proposed and organized many programs of activities, maintained the organization of activities "Tet Gathering", "Worker's Month" for students and employees...
The social and charity activities of the city council are maintained and expanded. From 2018 up to now, the city's trade unions have supported the construction of 237 community shelters for students and workers with difficult circumstances in housing with a total amount of 9,61 billion dong; awarded 4.191 scholarships with a total value of over 2,9 billion VND to the children of workers who overcame difficulties and studied well; hardship allowance for 134 cases of workers, officials and workers suffering from serious diseases, with the amount of 290 million dong; visited and gave gifts to 107 cases of workers having occupational accidents, with an amount of VND 117 million…
Through many practical activities, the role of the city's trade union is increasingly recognized and affirmed, contributing to improving the quality of activities and building a stronger and stronger trade union.
