Suing 2 businesses for unpaid wages
Ms. Dinh Thi Thanh Ha - Vice President of the Da Nang City Labor Federation - said that, performing the function of caring for and protecting the legitimate and legal rights of workers, in 2024, the Da Nang City Labor Federation represented and participated in lawsuits and protected the rights of 104 workers who were owed wages and long-term insurance benefits by 2 enterprises, namely Hoa Khanh Textile Joint Stock Company and Quang An Industrial Joint Stock Company - Da Nang Branch.
In the case involving Hoa Khanh Da Nang Textile Joint Stock Company, the Court sentenced the company to pay its employees more than 1.9 billion VND. However, the company appealed the judgment and the City People's Court is accepting the case for resolution according to the appeal procedure. In the case involving Quang An Industrial Joint Stock Company - Da Nang Branch, the Court has received and accepted the case file for resolution requiring the company to pay salaries, social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance in the amount of more than 1.09 billion VND.
“The fact that the Da Nang Trade Union has represented and participated in litigation to protect the rights of workers and has produced concrete results has greatly increased the prestige and role of the Trade Union in the hearts of union members, workers and society. This also helps the Trade Union create more trust and attract more workers to the organization,” said Ms. Dinh Thi Thanh Ha.
Many core benefits in the Agreement
According to Ms. Dinh Thi Thanh Ha, in 2024, the negotiation, dialogue and signing of Collective Labor Agreements (CLAs) will continue to be of interest to all levels of Da Nang City's trade unions. Many core interests have been negotiated by the grassroots trade union to be included in the CLAs such as: Salary regime, bonus, working hours, rest hours, implementation of female labor policies... 101/75 units have dialogued and negotiated with employers to adjust the increase in the value of shift meals at enterprises according to the level prescribed in Conclusion No. 03/KL-BCH dated January 18, 2022 of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor on continuing to implement Resolution 7c/NQ-BCH dated February 25, 2016 on "Quality of shift meals for employees" reaching a rate of 134.7%.
Implementing Decision 7785/QD-TLD dated August 27, 2023 of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor on implementing policies to support union members and employees whose working hours are reduced or whose labor contracts are terminated due to businesses cutting or reducing orders, Da Nang Trade Unions at all levels have supported 161 union members and employees whose working hours are reduced or whose labor contracts are terminated due to businesses cutting or reducing orders with an amount of 167 million VND.
Conducting surveys on the lives, jobs and essential needs of union members and workers to serve the development of the Union Welfare Development Project in the city for the period 2023-2028 with more than 10,000 survey forms in two forms: directly and via social networking platforms. Da Nang City's trade unions at all levels also provided direct consultation, written consultation, telephone and email consultation to 6,979 workers. Participated in the initial investigation of 09 work-related accidents at 9 units (9 people died, including 4 traffic accidents, 5 work-related accidents during work); in the year, 435 people suffered from occupational diseases.
During the year, the Da Nang City Federation of Labor directed all levels of trade unions to focus on solutions to prevent and resolve labor disputes, collective work stoppages, and to focus on propaganda to employees and employers to accompany and share common difficulties, and coordinate with the government to organize the Conference of civil servants and public employees and the Conference of workers in 2024 in accordance with the Government's regulations. Up to now, 520/533 trade unions in the administrative sector, public service sector, and state-owned enterprises have participated with employers in promulgating and implementing grassroots democracy regulations, reaching a rate of 102.5%, and 420/444 trade unions in enterprises and units outside the state sector have participated with employers in promulgating and implementing grassroots democracy regulations, reaching a rate of 106%.
