The Trade Union of 19.5 One Member Limited Liability Company (under the People's Police Trade Union) has just "written" a very humane and interesting story, proactively proposing to increase the social insurance contribution salary by 7% for 1,100 workers from June 1, 2026.
To have this adjustment, each year, businesses have to contribute nearly 300 million VND to the Social Insurance Fund. But the gain is that 1,100 employees increase their long-term benefits, especially when retiring.
This is very meaningful if you know that at 19.5 One Member Limited Liability Company, there are employees who have worked for 30 - 35 years, but when they retire, their pension is only about 6 - 7 million VND per month. This is a fairly low number when compared to living standards and current market prices.
And the story of increasing the social insurance contribution salary by 7% at 19.5 One Member Limited Liability Company is a very specific example of promoting the representative role of the Trade Union at the enterprise.
Specifically, the Trade Union organization has promoted its representative role, negotiating so that workers have more sustainable benefits right at the workplace.
More notably, the rights of 1,100 workers at 19.5 One Member Limited Liability Company come from the fact that the Trade Union sees a problem: the disadvantage of workers and proactively seeks solutions.
In reality, the majority of workers when they are of working age are more interested in the actual monthly amount of money received. Pensions are a story of decades later, so sometimes it is not a immediate concern.
But the Trade Union - an organization representing workers - needs to look further. The Trade Union's protection of union members' rights is not only to solve immediate difficulties, but also to consider their lives in the future.
Of course, increasing the salary level as a basis for social insurance contributions means that businesses have to increase costs and employees also increase their contributions. Therefore, it is also impossible to take the model at 19.5 One Member Limited Liability Company to apply the same for all businesses.
However, Trade Union organizations in localities and businesses across the country can refer to the way of doing things from here.
By surveying workers' lives, identifying which rights are still low, selecting issues to negotiate and working with businesses to find an improvement level suitable to the actual capacity.
Each grassroots Trade Union at each enterprise and locality may have different answers depending on actual conditions. Some places will need to negotiate to increase meal allowances, some places need to improve salaries, bonuses, and holidays; some places need housing and kindergarten support; some places need to pay more attention to social insurance and long-term benefits...
If each year, each grassroots Trade Union negotiates an additional practical benefit for union members, the value it brings will not be small.
And when workers can look at their salaries, social insurance regimes, rest time or working conditions to see the changes marked by the Trade Union, they will also better understand why they need the Trade Union organization to be by their side.
