At the central level, the VGCL continues to play the role of "policy architect" with large-scale care programs, standardized and implemented simultaneously nationwide. In which, the "Online Trade Union Tet Market" program shows that the Trade Union organization is not only giving gifts, but is gradually giving choices to union members and workers, so that they can decide for themselves the item that best suits their family needs.
Notably, the Trade Union not only implements policies but also hands-on guidance for older workers and migrant workers who are still limited in digital skills.
Instead of letting them struggle in front of the phone screen, many grassroots trade union officials directly sat with workers, performing operations for them, explaining each step, helping them to buy goods conveniently.
Online Trade Union Tet Market" shows that care is not formalistic, but associated with specific circumstances. A large-capacity rice cooker, an essential household item or a few necessities... for many low-income workers' families, sometimes it is the most practical Tet gift.
In localities, Tet care is also organized flexibly and diversely by the Trade Union organization. For example, the Da Nang City Labor Federation not only organizes large-scale centralized "Trade Union Tet Market" sessions, but also brings mobile Tet markets to industrial parks.
Parallel to the Tet market are forms of cash support, Tet gifts, train and bus tickets, "Trade Union Bus", "Trade Union Meal"... Each program targets a different group of workers: People who do not return to their hometowns for Tet, people who have lost their jobs, people who have encountered natural disasters, storms, or workers who have not had the opportunity to reunite with their families for many years.
This diversity shows that the Trade Union is trying to fill the "social security gaps" that a single form of support can hardly cover. Looking more broadly, the diverse, rich, and flexible Tet care methods of trade union organizations at all levels this year show an important change in organizational care thinking.
Union members and workers are no longer seen as mere "benefits", but as subjects who need to be served according to actual needs. This thinking will help the social security policies of the Trade Union organization become closer and more sustainable.
For each union member and worker, there will be many different ways to define a full Tet, depending on conditions, circumstances and specific needs.
But with the increasingly diverse, rich and flexible organization and Tet care of the Trade Union organization, from online to direct, from concentrated markets to mobile markets... like this year, the common destination is warmth, peace of mind and the belief that behind them there is always the Trade Union organization accompanying them.
