Care with concrete actions
Teacher Mai Thi Sau, a teacher at Hau Loc 4 High School, is in a very difficult situation. Her husband had an accident and had to undergo surgery three times, his leg was amputated halfway down his thigh, but his recovery is still not good and he has lost his ability to work; her father-in-law has lung disease and is often sick; her two children are of school age, and she is the main breadwinner in the house. The family of five lives in an old, dilapidated house.
Faced with Ms. Sau’s situation, the Thanh Hoa Province Education Trade Union decided to support her with 40 million VND, contributing to the completion of a solid house on the old land. “The 40 million VND from the trade union is very important to my family and even greater is the affection that the trade union and union members have for me and my family,” Ms. Sau confided.
According to Mr. Tran Van Binh - Chairman of the Education Trade Union of Thanh Hoa province, Ms. Sau is one of many cases that the trade union supported to build and repair a house before the opening day of the new school year 2024. "We always keep in mind that, in addition to encouraging, visiting, and being close, taking care of union members must be based on reality and specifics" - Mr. Binh said.
Sharing the same view, Mr. Nghiem Dinh Son - Deputy Director of Thanh Hoa Electricity - said that recently, the electricity industry has made great efforts to complete the 500kV line 3 project. The success of the project has a great contribution from the Trade Union organization. The company's Trade Union is not only regularly present at the construction site, encouraging and accompanying the workers, but also directly interested in and fully participating in implementing policies so that workers can confidently complete their tasks.
Focus on workers' rights
According to Mr. Vo Manh Son - Chairman of Thanh Hoa Provincial Federation of Labor, in recent times, Thanh Hoa Trade Unions at all levels have proactively coordinated with functional agencies to inspect and supervise the implementation of policies and regimes for employees; proactively participated with employers in plans to build new salary scales and pay wages according to regulations; negotiated and signed new quality collective labor agreements, gradually improving the terms to be more favorable than those prescribed by law. Trade unions at all levels in the province have focused on mobilizing resources, focusing on union members and employees; regularly organizing practical and effective activities.
In the period of 2018-2023, the Thanh Hoa Provincial Federation of Labor supported the repair and renovation of 783 "Union Shelters" for union members in difficult circumstances with a total amount of 31.4 billion VND. During the "Tet Sum Vay" and "Workers' Month", all levels of the Union organized visits and supported 968,276 gifts with a total value of 668.8 billion VND to union members, workers in difficult circumstances and children of union members, poor workers, disabled workers, etc. Implementing the "Welfare Program for Union Members and Workers", the Unions at all levels signed 232 cooperation agreements with partners to provide services and preferential products for union members and workers. As a result, 388,735 union members and workers benefited with a total amount of 31.352 billion VND.
“With the motto of focusing on the grassroots, taking the interests of workers as the focus of activities, trade union activities in Thanh Hoa province are increasingly effective, contributing to building a strong workforce and trade union organization, thereby building a civilized and prosperous Thanh Hoa province” - Mr. Manh Son emphasized.
