Timely support both mentally and physically
Until now, Ms. Vi Thi Ly - a teacher at Linh Toai Kindergarten (Ha Trung) is still very emotional when talking about the Trade Union organization that supported her to have a new house.
Ms. Ly is a Thai ethnic. Her husband died early. She alone, with a small salary, struggled to raise 3 children to study, so over the past years, her family's life has been difficult in many ways. The house of more than 40 square meters has been the home of Ms. Ly's 4 children and 7 other relatives for many years. Understanding the difficulties of her family, the Ha Trung District Labor Federation has asked the Provincial Labor Federation to support her in building a "Union Shelter".
With 45 million VND supported by the Provincial Federation of Labor and the help of relatives and colleagues, she was able to build a spacious and solid house.
Many years ago, Nguyen Thi Hang and her husband, in Dan Quyen commune (Trieu Son), decided to go to the South to start a business. When the fourth wave of COVID-19 broke out, their income was unstable. On the way back to their hometown, in Binh Thuan, her husband passed away due to COVID-19. At that time, the Provincial Federation of Labor and the Trieu Son District Federation of Labor regularly encouraged, visited and supported the family financially. The union connected her to have a stable job in the locality.
"The union members always encourage me to improve my life. I am very touched," said Ms. Hang.
Ms. Ly and Ms. Hang are just individuals among thousands of workers who have received timely attention and support from Thanh Hoa province's trade unions, both spiritually and materially.
148 union members were supported with "Union Shelter"
According to Mr. Vo Manh Son - Chairman of Thanh Hoa Provincial Labor Federation, in the context of complicated and unpredictable developments of the COVID-19 epidemic in the province, Thanh Hoa provincial trade unions at all levels have promoted their role and function as organizations to protect the legitimate rights and interests of union members and employees.
The Provincial Federation of Labor has considered and supported 11,712 union members and employees affected by the COVID-19 epidemic with an amount of over VND 4.4 billion; mobilized employees, organizations, agencies, units and enterprises to support the work of preventing and fighting the COVID-19 epidemic through the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee with a value of over VND 45 billion and hundreds of tons of goods and necessities.
Supported 285 medical staff to go to the southern provinces to strengthen support with an amount of 300 million VND; supported essential necessities for union members and employees at enterprises implementing "3 on-site" and union members and employees in difficult circumstances affected by the COVID-19 epidemic with a value of nearly 600 million VND... In 2021 and the first 2 months of 2022 alone, trade unions at all levels visited and presented over 415,000 gifts to union members and employees with a total amount of 310.15 billion VND.
In addition, the Provincial Federation of Labor has instructed all levels of unions to actively propagate and mobilize cadres, union members, and employees to support the establishment of the "Union Shelter" fund to share some of the burden of workers in difficult circumstances, solving the urgent housing problem so that they can work, labor, and produce with peace of mind.
From the “Union Shelter” fund, the Provincial Federation of Labor has supported the repair and construction of 148 “Union Shelters” for poor workers with a total amount of VND 5.83 billion. At the same time, the trade unions at all levels have signed new cooperation agreements with 37 partners to implement the “Welfare for union members and workers” program, with 258,803 union members and workers benefiting from the program with an amount of over VND 12.7 billion.
With the motto "Where there are workers and laborers in difficulty, there is the Trade Union", with specific, practical and timely actions, the Trade Unions at all levels of Thanh Hoa province have affirmed their role and position in caring for and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of workers, especially in difficult times.
