There are families who are both workers, sharing housework to raise their children. There are families where mothers overcome loss alone, both working and raising four children to adulthood. But they all have in common that they know how to turn the difficulties of life into motivation to maintain a home.
And those common - private stories have suggested a thought-provoking thing that building a modern working class does not only start from factories, production lines or skills training programs, but also from each worker family.
Because when it comes to human resource development, we have often thought about wages, skills, digital transformation or labor productivity.
These are all important factors, but behind an effective worker is always a peaceful rear. Each worker can only be assured of sticking with the business when their children are cared for, the family is harmonious, parents are shared, and life is not drawn into constant pressures.
Conversely, if after each shift there are worries about food and clothing, family conflicts or children lacking care, it is very difficult for workers to wholeheartedly focus on work. Therefore, taking care of workers' families is also taking care of the quality of human resources.
That is also the reason why for many years, the trade union organization has implemented many activities towards families such as supporting workers in difficult circumstances, organizing family days, summer camps for workers' children, family meals, parenting skills counseling or gender equality programs... All towards the goal of contributing to creating a more sustainable working environment.
Another issue is that the happiness of a worker's family cannot only be based on the sacrifice and effort of each individual. A mother and father can try to work overtime in production, doubling their work, but if income is not enough to cover living expenses, housing is still cramped, children lack places to study, and time spent with the family is increasingly reduced, then that effort is also difficult to last.
Therefore, building a happy worker family is not only the responsibility of each individual, but also the responsibility of businesses in creating a humane working environment, of trade union organizations in caring for and accompanying, and of the State through policies on salaries, social housing, education, health and social security.
When a worker family is nurtured by sharing and sound policies, they not only create educated children, loving homes, but also create workers who are more attached, more creative and more responsible to businesses and society.
