On the side of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, there were Mr. Phan Van Anh - Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor; representatives of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor and the Labor Relations Department of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor...
Working with the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor were Mr. Esra - Leon Limbacher, Member of the German Parliament, Deputy Spokesperson for Economic Policy of the Social Democratic Party of Germany; representative of the FES Institute in Hanoi...
At the meeting, Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Phan Van Anh believed that the visit and work of the German National Assembly Delegate in Vietnam will contribute to further deepening the understanding and relationship between the two governments and peoples.
Mr. Phan Van Anh also shared some information about the activities of Vietnam Trade Union.
Accordingly, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor has just celebrated its 95th founding anniversary on July 28, 2024. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, after 95 years of formation and development, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor has grown and developed in all aspects. Currently, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor is structured at 4 levels. At the central level, there is the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor; under the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, there are 63 provincial and municipal confederations of labor, 19 central industry unions; under the local confederations of labor and central industry unions, there are about 1,300 grassroots unions and nearly 130,000 grassroots unions. The work of developing union members has achieved important results, and currently the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor has about 12 million union members.
Talking to the German National Assembly delegate, Mr. Phan Van Anh said that in recent times, the Vietnam Trade Union has also actively implemented and achieved many important results in performing the task of representing and protecting union members and workers; propagating and educating union members and workers; taking care of union members and workers both materially and spiritually; launching emulation movements among union members and workers, thereby creating harmonious and stable labor relations in enterprises... In recent times, the Vietnam Trade Union has spent nearly 80% of union financial resources to take care of union members and workers.
Representatives of the Vietnam Trade Union have effectively performed their role as members of the National Wage Council, successfully negotiating an increase in regional minimum wages over the past 5 years with an increase of 23% and a further increase of 6% from July 1, 2024. Trade unions at all levels have focused on dialogue, collective bargaining, increasing the number, focusing on wages, bonuses, working hours, rest hours, occupational safety and hygiene, building harmonious, stable and progressive labor relations.
In particular, in recent years, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor has coordinated to organize meetings and exchanges between the Government, the National Assembly and National Assembly deputies with union officials, union members, workers, etc. Through exchanges, many issues that union members and workers are interested in and have expressed their opinions have been received, resolved, and timely solutions have been found.
“Currently, Vietnam Trade Unions at all levels are focusing on developing projects and action programs to implement the Resolution of the 13th Congress of Vietnam Trade Union, term 2023-2028, focusing on 3 breakthroughs: First is to promote dialogue and collective bargaining, focusing on wages, bonuses, working hours, rest hours, and occupational safety and hygiene. The target by the end of the term is that at least 83% of enterprises and units with Trade Union organizations that meet the conditions prescribed by law will be negotiated and signed by the Trade Union in accordance with the provisions of law.
The second is to focus on developing union members and establishing grassroots unions in non-state enterprises. Currently, the total number of union members is over 11.5 million people in over 123,000 grassroots unions; the target by the end of the term is to have 15 million union members nationwide and establish grassroots organizations in 100% of enterprises with 25 or more employees.
Third is to build a team of grassroots union chairmen that meet the requirements of the task, especially union chairmen in non-state enterprises. The target is that 100% of newly elected grassroots union chairmen will be trained and fostered in an appropriate form" - Mr. Phan Van Anh said...
