There is a lot of positive information related to union members and workers mentioned by Politburo Member, Prime Minister Le Minh Hung when concluding the program "Prime Minister exchanges and discusses with delegates attending the 14th Vietnam Trade Union Congress" such as housing, health, vocational training, working hours or labor safety...
Among them, there is a special piece of information that a large number of union members and workers are interested in because of its broad and long-term impact, which is the study of the salary policy reform project for workers.
Prime Minister Le Minh Hung said that in the coming time, functional agencies will study and report on a salary policy reform project "not only for cadres, civil servants, public employees, and armed forces but also to study and propose salary policies for workers".
This can be considered one of the important new points of the content related to the lives of workers mentioned at this Trade Union Congress.
Because for a long time, the concept of salary reform and salary policy adjustments mainly revolved around cadres, civil servants, public employees and the armed forces.
Meanwhile, the wages of employees in enterprises are mostly adjusted through the regional minimum wage and the labor market mechanism.
This time, employees in enterprises have been placed under the study of a national-level salary policy reform project.
What is more noteworthy is that this content does not appear in isolation. Throughout the speech, the Prime Minister repeatedly emphasized that improving labor productivity is one of the top priorities to achieve the double-digit economic growth target.
But at the same time, the Prime Minister also affirmed that labor productivity is not only an economic issue but also a social issue, a human issue and a quality of development.
That message suggests a new approach, which is that to increase labor productivity, it is not only possible to require workers to work more efficiently, but also to create conditions for them to enjoy the results of that productivity increase.
Also because of this, when the Prime Minister emphasized the study of salary policies to "meet the needs and ensure the lives of workers in the context of many changes", the issue is no longer about the minimum wage or the labor supply-demand relationship.
That is the requirement to ensure the lives of union members and workers in the face of increasing pressure from housing, education, healthcare and daily living costs.
This is also a suitable approach to the country's development goals in the new period.
Because to improve labor productivity, to achieve high and sustainable growth rates, first of all, workers must have enough income to live on, have their lives guaranteed and enjoy the fruits of the development of the economy.
