Dialogue and information exchange between the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour and the Korea Business Association in Vietnam (KOCHAM) organized by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour took place on January 15. This is the first time this activity has taken place.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr. Ngo Duy Hieu - Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour - affirmed that the Vietnam Trade Union organization always accompanies businesses. The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour highly appreciates the efforts, goodwill and social responsibility of many Korean businesses in complying with Vietnamese law, taking care of life, jobs, income for workers, as well as coordinating with the trade union organization to build harmonious, stable and progressive labor relations.
The Vietnam Trade Union Organization always accompanies businesses, not only in the role of representing and protecting the legitimate and lawful rights and interests of workers, but also as a reliable partner of Korean businesses, contributing to stabilizing the labor force, improving productivity, quality and production and business efficiency.
This dialogue and information exchange conference is an open and frank forum for all parties to exchange information between workers, trade union organizations and employers, and at the same time have recommendations and proposals for solutions to improve the quality of Trade Union organization activities in Korean enterprises, with three-party partner agencies, in order to build sustainable labor relations, bringing benefits to all parties through dialogue and information exchange.
Exchanging at the Dialogue, Mr. Ko Tae Yeon - Chairman of KOCHAM - said that there are currently nearly 10,000 Korean businesses operating in Vietnam, not only in the manufacturing sector but also in the distribution, logistics, services, information technology... accompanying and developing with the Vietnamese economy.
Many Korean businesses do not see Vietnam as just a short-term production base, but as a cooperative and long-term development partner. In that process, businesses always consider creating jobs for local workers, technology transfer and contributions to the community as important responsibilities in their business operations.
However, in recent times, more and more opinions have emerged at the scene that ensuring human resources is becoming difficult. Not only general labor, but also skilled technical labor and intermediate management teams are also lacking simultaneously in many industries and many different areas.
In particular, in some localities, along with changes in the labor market environment, the rate of human resource mobility is increasing rapidly, causing the burden of maintaining the stability of the skilled workforce at the scene to increase.
This is not just a problem of a single business or a group of workers, but a natural phenomenon in the process of adjusting the labor market structure in general.
According to KOCHAM Chairman, first of all, to make labor migration between industrial and rural areas more stable, structural approaches are needed, such as inter-regional linkage models or forms of sisterhood and cooperation between localities. In parallel, expanding housing infrastructure such as dormitories or social housing, taking into account the stability of workers' lives, is also an issue that needs to be considered in the medium and long term.
Mr. Ko Tae Yeon analyzed: "Stabilizing human resources is not a problem that can be solved in a short time, but a task that needs to be approached from a medium and long-term perspective. When not only salaries, but also the working environment, career development opportunities and dialogue mechanisms based on trust are built synchronously, workers can be attached and stable for a long time at the workplace...
Mr. Ko Tae Yeon emphasized the need to find a solution to the problem of harmony between protecting the rights of workers and businesses...; and affirmed that Korean businesses, before becoming foreign businesses operating in Vietnam, wanted to be considered a part of Vietnamese society and develop together with the locality.
KOCHAM will also continue to maintain dialogue and regular cooperation with the VGCL, to persistently contribute to building a stable and sustainable labor environment.
At the Business Dialogue, delegates shared information about the situation of workers and trade union activities in Korean businesses in Vietnam; shared about the production and business activities of Korean businesses; recommendations from workers, trade union organizations, Korean business owners, Korean Business Association in Vietnam; exchanged solutions to remove difficulties and obstacles, in order to improve the quality of grassroots trade union activities, accompany businesses in production and business, and take care of the lives and welfare of union members and workers...
According to the assessment of the VGCL, grassroots trade union activities in Korean enterprises are basically effective and practical, strongly oriented towards union members and workers, focusing on the core tasks of the Trade Union organization. The work of representing and protecting the legitimate and lawful rights and interests of union members and workers is done well through the effective implementation of democracy at the grassroots level, dialogue at the workplace, signing collective labor agreements, and ensuring occupational safety and health.
Care activities are increasingly innovative and practical with suitable models associated with building human resources of enterprises. Activities to develop union members and establish grassroots trade unions have achieved many positive results, achieving high rates, especially the rate of workers being trade union members. Labor disputes and collective work stoppages are decreasing, and labor relations are basically harmonious and stable.
At the Dialogue, 50 union members and workers in difficult circumstances, victims of labor accidents, and suffering from dangerous diseases in Korean businesses received support gifts.
The dialogue is organized in the context that the Party and State of Vietnam are preparing for the 14th National Party Congress, strongly implementing Resolution No. 02-NQ/TW of the Politburo on innovating the organization and operation of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour in the new situation, along with the Action Program of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour on improving the effectiveness of collective dialogue and negotiation. This clearly demonstrates the consistent viewpoint of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour that dialogue, cooperation, and sharing are considered important forms to solve problems arising in labor relations, towards harmonious benefits between workers and businesses, for the legitimate rights and interests of union members and workers, and the sustainable development of businesses.
