Trade union membership development is difficult

Developing union members and establishing grassroots trade unions are the central and key tasks of the trade union organization. However, from the beginning of 2023 until now, the situation of enterprises (enterprises) facing difficulties in orders, forced to reduce labor, has significantly affected the development target of union members of trade unions at all levels in the province.

The grassroots trade union of Dona Standard Vietnam Shoes Co., Ltd (H.Xuan Loc) held a ceremony to admit new members. Photo: L.Mai

At the 12th Conference of the Executive Committee of the Provincial Labor Confederation of Labour, term X, for the 2018-2023 term held recently, many trade union officials said that from the beginning of the year until now, the establishment of the Communist Party of Vietnam , the development of union members faced many difficulties and the number of union members also decreased significantly compared to before. If this situation continues, the growth target of union membership is unlikely to be achieved in 2023.

* There are many difficulties

Chairman of the Bien Hoa City Confederation of Labor Nguyen Duc Thanh said that Bien Hoa has a large number of communist unions with over 410 units. However, the majority of enterprises operate in small, individual and household activities, so the number of union members is not much. This year, the Bien Hoa City Confederation of Labor was assigned the target of developing 5 union members, but so far it has only developed about 500 union members, very low compared to the set target.

At H.Long Thanh Labor Confederation, so far in the district, only 5/7 Communists have been established with 25 or more workers and over 2 union members. Meanwhile, the target assigned by the Provincial Labor Confederation to develop 4,7 thousand union members. Ms. Le Thi Thanh Nguyet, Chairwoman of the Long Thanh City Labor Confederation, said that with this situation, it is very difficult to achieve the assigned quota of admission to union members. From now until the end of the year, the H.Long Thanh Confederation of Labor will try, but it still depends on the production situation and new labor recruitment of enterprises.

Difficulties in developing union members is a common situation faced by most of the grassroots trade union units. Mr. Dang Tuan Tu, Chairman of Changshin Vietnam Co., Ltd. (Vinh Cuu) said that although the company has no policy to reduce labor, from the beginning of the year until now, the company has had over 2 employees on leave. scattered for a variety of reasons. In addition, the company is also in the process of restoring production, so it does not recruit more workers.

* Strive to fulfill the target of developing union members

In 2023, the Provincial Labor Confederation set out 13 targets to strive to fulfill the duties of the Trade Union organization and take care of and protect the interests of union members and employees. Up to now, 7/13 targets have been achieved and exceeded. Among the 6 targets that have not been achieved, there is the target of developing trade union members. Meanwhile, the development of union members is the foundation, the basis for building a strong trade union organization. At the same time, the Trade Union organization selects and introduces elite members to the Party for consideration, training and admission.

Specifically, on the target of developing trade union members, in 2023, the provincial Labor Confederation has set a target of striving to develop 38 union members. In the first 6 months of 2023, trade unions at all levels made efforts to establish 46 new trade unions, developing more than 27 union members. However, due to various reasons, the number of Communist trade unions also decreased by 42 units and the number of union members decreased by over 39 people. Thus, the actual increase was only 2 communist trade unions, but decreased by over 12 union members compared to 2022.

The reason for the reduction in union members is that many enterprises have reduced production and reduced labor; Some units had to suspend operations, leading to a decrease in the number of union members. In addition, because enterprises lack production orders, they are not interested in establishing trade unions. Not to mention, some cadres of trade unions at enterprises often change, quit or change jobs, which affects trade union activities as well as the development of union members.

In the last 6 months of 2023, Trade Unions at all levels said, they will make efforts to complete the set targets. In particular, special attention should be paid to developing union members and establishing trade unions in non-state enterprises with 20 or more employees. Along with that, associate the work of developing trade union members and establishing the Communist Party of Vietnam with the construction, consolidation and improvement of the effectiveness of the Communist Party's activities; at the same time, review the establishment and operation of enterprises of all economic sectors in the province to implement the plan to develop union members and establish trade unions appropriately and effectively. Focus on replicating the good practices of the units in creating breakthroughs in the development of union members in the past term.

According to the Chairman of the Long Khanh City Labor Confederation, Truong Thi Bich Lien, the development of union members and establishment of the Communist Party of Vietnam in the past time, despite difficulties, the city's trade unions still have to stick to the end because this is an important task of the organization. trade union. Particularly for the 2015-2023 term, in the area of ​​Long Khanh City, there were 60 newly established communist trade unions, developing more than 16 union members, an increase of more than 1,5 times compared to the total number of union members at the beginning of the term. Thereby, bringing the total number of union members to nearly 28.

To achieve and exceed the above target, it is thanks to the Labor Confederation of Long Khanh City that there are solutions to propagate and mobilize so that employees know the benefits of joining the Trade Union; at the same time, promote communication in enterprises so that employees can grasp information about meaningful activities of the Trade Union.  

Lan Mai