On August 7, the An Phu Ward Trade Union (Gia Lai Province) held the first Interim Executive Committee Conference (expanded) to announce the decisions of the Provincial Labor Federation Executive Committee on the establishment of the An Phu Ward Trade Union.
Accordingly, the An Phu Ward Trade Union is a new model of trade union organization, officially operating from July 1, 2025. The ward union manages 1,950 union members and 34 grassroots unions and grassroots unions located in An Phu and Hoi Phu wards, transferred from the Gia Lai Provincial Labor Federation.
With a new organizational model and diverse nature of activities, the method of organizing and operating trade unions requires innovation and greater flexibility to meet practical requirements.
Speaking at the conference, Mr. Y Khum - Standing Deputy Secretary of the An Phu Ward Party Committee - emphasized that the trade union needs to proactively follow the grassroots reality, grasping the situation of workers in the area.
According to the motto "going to the grassroots, sticking to the grassroots, accompanying the grassroots", trade unions need to maintain regular contact with businesses and workers to promptly listen to their concerns, aspirations and recommendations; thereby, synthesizing and proposing to competent authorities for consideration and resolution.
Mr. Nguyen Chung Chinh - Chairman of the An Phu Ward Trade Union - affirmed that in the last 6 months of the year, the trade union will actively guide and support grassroots trade unions to organize Workers' conferences, develop regulations for periodic dialogue at the workplace, conduct collective bargaining and sign collective labor agreements.
The union identifies these as important tools to represent, protect the rights and gradually improve the welfare of union members and workers.
