Trade Union meals are not just about improving meals
Ms. Chuc Thi Thien - a worker in the circuit manufacturing department, working at Meiko Vietnam Electronics Co., Ltd. for 8 years. When informed that the Trade Union would coordinate with the company to organize a Trade Union Meal and that day she would receive gifts for Workers' Month, Ms. Thien burst into tears of joy.
Her family circumstances are difficult. She herself is suffering from thyroid cancer. Her husband works as a freelancer, sometimes cutting wood, sometimes pulling pigs for hire. They have 2 children, one in 7th grade, one in 6th grade. Due to circumstances, the 2 children are in Ba Vi village with Ms. Thien's husband, while Ms. Thien works and lives in the company's dormitory.
With a second-tier worker's salary, working overtime, Ms. Thien's monthly income is about 16 million VND. Ms. Thien's economical spending method is to have breakfast at the dormitory, and lunch at the company's shift. Being frugal like that to have money to raise children and treat diseases. Therefore, the meal at the Trade Union Meal was very impressive to her.
Ms. Thien recounted: "Normally, lunch meals are already delicious with many types of meals. Trade Union meals have even more delicious food, I choose meals with the main dish being fried fish, beef sauce with bread. My colleagues and I hope every month there will be a Trade Union meal.
Listening to Ms. Thien speak, I also felt her emotion at the concern of both the Trade Union and company leaders. On the occasion of Workers' Month, right at the Trade Union Meal program, Ms. Thien received a gift worth 1 million VND including cash and in-kind items.
“For me, this is a very valuable gift, because materially the amount of money and accompanying necessities help me reduce some expenses this month. In terms of spirit, it is impossible to fully measure the concern of the company and especially of the Trade Union organization. I am a worker, carrying cancer, so that understanding and sharing is the most precious, incomparable...".
Also present at the company's Trade Union Meal, the workers were all very excited because today's meals were all delicious dishes. They could choose a meal with the main dish being fried rice, stir-fried ribs with a spring roll or choose white rice, fried chicken, chopped duck meat; some people also chose a bowl of seafood vermicelli with a lot of squid, shrimp, fish cake... Many types of meals are rich in main dishes to meet the needs and preferences of workers.
Workers have always strived, accompanied and contributed to the business.
At the Trade Union Meal of Meiko Electronics Vietnam Co., Ltd., joy is not only on the faces of each worker, but also in the eyes of Mr. Phan Thanh Hai - Chairman of the Company's Trade Union and Mr. Igi Yasuhiro - Company Finance Director and members of the Company's Board of Directors.
Mr. Phan Thanh Hai said that Meiko Vietnam Electronics Co., Ltd. was established in 2006, is a 100% Japanese FDI enterprise with the industry of manufacturing electronic printed circuit boards and assembling electronic components, currently has more than 6,500 employees.
20 years since its establishment, in any circumstances, the Company has always cared about the material and spiritual life of employees by taking care of jobs, income, salaries, bonuses, allowances, and the living standards of workers are increasingly improved.
Improving the quality of shift meals for workers is improving the production and business efficiency for businesses, with the message "Your health is our wealth" - Mr. Hai said.
Witnessing the joy of workers at the Trade Union Meal, Mr. Igi Yasuhiro also shared his joy and emotion. He shared that, in the atmosphere of "Workers' Month", the Trade Union and the Company's Board of Directors are very happy to coordinate to organize the "Trade Union Meal" program as a thank you, a sincere thank you to all workers who have always strived, accompanied and contributed to the development of the enterprise.
Organizing Trade Union Meals; mobilizing businesses to improve shift meals; supplementing meals for overtime workers, working in heavy and hazardous environments is one of the activities under the program "Thank you workers" and caring for the material and spiritual life of union members and workers in Workers' Month 2026. These activities are part of the Plan to organize Workers' Month 2026 activities of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor.
Mr. Igi Yasuhiro - Finance Director of Meiko Electronics Vietnam Co., Ltd.: "We understand that behind each production result, each order completed on schedule or each step of the company's development is the effort, sense of responsibility and dedication of employees in each job position. It is the brothers and sisters who are the most important foundation to help businesses overcome many difficulties and challenges in the past time to maintain stable production and sustainable development".
