Activities and contributions of comrade Hoang Quoc Viet as the head of the Vietnam Trade Union

Comrade Hoang Quoc Viet (1905-1992) is an excellent student of President Ho Chi Minh. The life of comrades is a shining example of the revolutionary morality of the permanent communist people who strive for the whole life for the cause of national liberation revolution as well as the construction and defense of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Participating in revolutionary activities very early, concurrently many tasks of the Party, the State, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, overcome many challenges and hardships, he successfully completed the tasks of the Party, the State and the people. With a long period of participation and direct leadership of trade union activities, he has made great contributions to the development of the working class and Vietnam Trade Union.

With the important contributions to the organization of propaganda, enlightenment of workers, building the revolutionary core of the pre -revolutionary period, right after the August Revolution was successful, Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet was assigned the task and some of the union to build union organizations nationwide. From the efforts of the comrades, on July 20, 1946, at the National Conference of National Salvation Union in Hanoi, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor was officially established and launched in the country. The growth of the working class and trade union is a very basic condition for the struggle for construction, consolidation and protection of the young Democratic Republic of Vietnam after the August Revolution in 1945.

In 1950, to urgently perfect the system of trade union organizations at all levels, meeting the requirements of strengthening the gathering of intellectuals and manual laborers to serve the resistance war, on January 1, 1950 in Cao Van commune, Dai Tu district, Thai Nguyen province, the first National Congress of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor was held. Here, comrade Hoang Quoc Viet was elected as President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor.

In February 1951, at the Second National Congress of the Party, Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet was elected to the Party Central Committee and was elected by the Central Committee to the Politburo, in charge of the mobilization, the Front and the Chairman of the Vietnam Labor Federation. As the core leader of the Party, Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet and the Executive Committee of the General Confederation directly lead the working class to promote the right to master, excited and enthusiastically perform the tasks set out by the Resolution of the Congress.

As president of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet has made great contributions to the transformation of the Party's guidelines to the direction and organization of domestic and foreign trade union activities, taking advantage of the support of the movement of workers and international trade unions. During this period, the movement of labor emulation and production in workers and laborers organized and directed by the Union and directed deep development in all industries. The trade union has mobilized and organized for workers to participate in the enterprise management. Thereby contributing to the development of the resistance economy in all aspects; The hard work and strength of the campaigns, contributing to the great military victories of the country.

Since 1956, Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet and the Executive Committee of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor have coordinated with state agencies to research and propose many policies such as salary reform, issuance of bonuses, annual holidays ... bring practical benefits to workers and working people. In order to maximize the role of trade union organization, on November 5, 1957, the first time the Trade Union Law was issued by the National Assembly. This is an important legal basis for the Trade Union to promote all activities, initially expand democracy in the management of enterprises, promote production, overcome bureaucracy, waste, embezzlement, promote social labor discipline, ensure the implementation of labor regimes, consolidate the leadership role of the working class to complete revolutionary tasks in the new period.

As of 1960, under the leadership of Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor has proposed 3 times to the Government to improve the salary regime for workers and officials on the principle of labor distribution. In addition, the Trade Union has participated in developing policies to solve unemployment and housing policies; Supervise and participate with leaders of enterprises using the welfare fund to build more children's houses, houses, cafeteria, and clubs for workers and officials. In April 1960, the Government Council issued a "Resolution on improving the salary regime and raising salary in 1960". Accordingly, continue to improve the salary regime and raise salary, in order to thoroughly grasp a step of labor distribution principles. In parallel with the improvement of salary regime is to promulgate specific policies on social insurance and welfare for workers, officials and military.

In 1961-1962, the salary payment regime and the bonus regime was widely implemented by the State, including productivity bonus, savings bonus, rewarding initiatives, rewarding plans, advanced labor bonuses, emulation soldiers ... Salary regime, bonuses according to products that have both encouraged production, and increase income for workers, thereby improving daily life. In addition, the Trade Union coordinated with the State agencies to develop labor norms, product prices, product salaries and bonuses; Participating in the Review Council for approval of norms, reviewing and rewarding the initiative ... Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet and the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Trade Union of Vietnam determined: "People have to strive to constantly improve labor productivity to gradually improve their salary enjoyment ...", "Implementing the upgrade, regular, timely and timely workers, guaranteeing those workers' levels, which is the level of worker.

In the construction of socialism, fighting against the destructive war of the American empire in the North, Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet continued to be trusted by the Party to assign the head of the headquarters of the movement of workers and trade unions. In August 1961, the Second National Trade Union Congress decided to rename the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor to the Vietnam General Union and Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet continued to be re -elected as Chairman of the Vietnam General Union. This time, thoroughly grasping the Resolution of the 3rd National Party Congress: "Enhancing the position of trade union organization in all aspects of social activities in accordance with the Trade Union Law, making the Trade Union really become a school of economic management, state management, school of socialism and communism" [2], under the leadership of the Comrade Hoang Quoc Viet and the Executive Committee of the Trade Union, the Trade Union of the Trade Union is corrected by the Trade Union of the Trade Union. The construction of grassroots trade unions is considered one of the key tasks. The training plan and compensation for trade union officials is issued. As a result, this period of trade union officials were raised in both quantity and quality. This is one of the important factors to promote the emulation movement of workers and officials, contributing to successfully completing the socio -economic development plans of the country.

With the closeness in the protection of rights, building policies for workers and officials and promptly encouraging and organizing emulation of trade unions, in the period of 1965-1968, the movement of workers, officials and trade union activities successfully implemented the task of shifting and developing the Northern economic development from Binh period to wartime; Just produce, protect production, fight and fight. The victory of the movement of officials and employees and trade union activities in this period has confirmed the proper economic direction of the Party and the heroic spirit, the labor of the working class.

As a result of the war, the life of workers and officials is still difficult. The work of care for workers continues to be focused by the Trade Union. In 1973, the Presidium of the Vietnam Trade Union, Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet, was the head of the Resolution to direct the Trade Union levels to focus on overcoming the consequences of the war and taking care of the urgent life of workers and officials. Must help state agencies to quickly implement wartime regimes and policies and promptly check and detect shortcomings to implement properly ...

In February 1974, the 3rd Vietnam Trade Union Congress was held in Hanoi capital. Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet continued to be re -elected as Chairman of the Trade Union. This is the third consecutive term comrade Hoang Quoc Viet was elected to hold the head of the union organization. In order for workers and officers to enjoy wages worthy of labor, Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet and the Secretariat of the Trade Union actively coordinate with the State agencies to build a number of supplementary regimes and policies on labor, wages and bonuses. The Union of the Trade Union of provinces and cities signed a joint resolution with the same authorities about the organization of the implementation of regimes and policies for workers and officials. A number of local trade unions and union unions coordinate with the management agency to guide the establishments to implement the profit extraction regime, set up a reward fund, and welfare fund.

Not only directly directing and organizing activities, Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet also spent time researching, regularly summarizing and drawing from practice into studies on working class and trade union organizations. A number of research works of Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet published this time have made an important contribution to the theoretical work of the working class, trade union organizations such as: the working class with communism (Labor Publishing House.1968); The role and historical mission of the working class (Labor Publishing House.1969); The working class and our people definitely defeat the American invaders (Labor Publishing House .1969); The working class and the Vietnam Trade Union organization (Labor Publishing House.1970) ...

With 26 consecutive years as the Chairman of the Vietnam General Union and more than ten years as the Vice President of the World Trade Union Union, Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet has made important and direct contributions to the maturity and growth of the working class and the Trade Union organization, affirming the role of representing and taking care of the lives of workers, officials, participating in the state management, workers and workers in the country of labor and labor force in each production and labor force in the country of the country of the country of the country of the country of the country of the country of the country of the country of the country of the country of the country of the country. Revolution stage. The heritage of comrade Hoang Quoc Viet will always be valuable lessons, a torch to light the way for the class of Vietnamese Trade Union officials today and tomorrow.