Grassroots union officials must be the bridge between businesses and workers.
(Baonghean.vn) - The performance of grassroots trade unions and the movement of workers, civil servants and laborers depends on many factors, but the most decisive factor is still the dedication, creativity, intelligence, experience and dedication of the grassroots trade union staff.
It is the grassroots union cadres who directly implement the activities, movements, guidelines and policies of the union organization, and who inspire union members and workers.
BUILDING STABLE AND HARMONIOUS LABOR RELATIONS
It can be said that grassroots trade unions play an extremely important role. Especially, in theforeign-invested enterprises,The role of grassroots unions is increasingly sensitive, necessary and important.
The grassroots union cadres at these enterprises represent the voice of the workers, protecting the legitimate rights and interests of the workers. On the other hand, they are employees of the enterprise, signed contracts with the business owner, paid directly, and under the direct leadership of the unit. Therefore, their voice and role are clearly under the direction and supervision of the business owner himself.
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| Comrade Le Dinh Tho - Chairman of Thanh Chuong District Labor Federation visited, encouraged and guided grassroots union officials to grasp the situation of workers after the Lunar New Year holiday. Photo: PV |
How can grassroots trade unions fulfill their role and responsibility to protect the legitimate rights and interests of workers, while at the same time helping businesses build stable and harmonious labor relations, ensuring the rights of both businesses and workers? That is both a difficult and heavy task for grassroots trade unions in FDI enterprises.
To do that,grassroots union staffmust truly be a bridge between businesses and workers. Listen and promptly grasp the thoughts and aspirations of workers. Exchange, analyze, share, and clarify policy information from businesses, and promptly respond to workers' feedback, helping businesses make timely adjustments.
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| When grassroots union officials fulfill their roles and responsibilities, the relationship between employers and employees will be more harmonious and stable. Photo: PV |
Grassroots union cadres must have courage and enthusiasm, dare to speak up for the workers, have enough arguments and knowledge to negotiate with business owners about the workers' legitimate requests. By doing so, union cadres are truly a reliable support for workers, trusted by workers, and the center of solidarity of the unit. From there, once there are conflicting opinions, tense conflicts between workers and business owners, the union will grasp quickly, reflect promptly, handle quickly, contribute to stabilizing the situation, avoid illegal strikes and collective work stoppages, which are not beneficial to both sides.
Whether or not that task can be carried out well depends on the dedication, capacity, creativity and courage of the staff of the Trade Union, especially in FDI enterprises.
SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE
Cadres are the root of all work, trade union cadres in the period of promoting industrialization, modernization of the country and deep international integration need more factors to perform well the functions and tasks of the trade union organization in the new situation. Deeply aware of this issue, every year, trade unions at all levels pay attention to organizingVocational training for grassroots union staff.
Ms. Phan Thi Trang - Head of the Provincial Federation of Labor Organization Board shared: “Every year, we develop plans, orient content, and organize professional training for grassroots union officials, in the direction of hand-holding and showing them how to do things. In addition, we select enterprise union officials to train them in skills such as negotiating collective labor agreements, skills in resolving strikes, skills in organizing grassroots democratic conferences…”.
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| The Provincial Federation of Labor regularly organizes professional training courses for grassroots union officials. Photo: PV |
However, annual training on trade union skills is still not enough to have a team of grassroots trade union officials, especially the Chairmen of the Trade Union of FDI enterprises, who can meet the requirements in the new situation. Ms. Tran Thi Nguyet - Vice Chairwoman of the Trade Union of the Southeast Economic Zone shared: "Finding grassroots trade union officials with qualifications, capacity, experience, and dedication to the trade union organization in the enterprise is very difficult. In fact, many enterprises change 2-3 chairmen of the grassroots trade union in a year".
To solve this problem, the superior trade union must be very close, concerned, and work directly with the enterprise so that they can see the role of the trade union organization. From raising awareness of the position and role of the trade union organization, the enterprise and the employees can agree on selecting union officials who meet the standards of being qualified, capable, dedicated, courageous, and responsible. In addition, the grassroots trade union itself must operate well, perform its tasks well, especially together with the enterprise to build harmonious, stable, and civilized labor relations, creating trust for the enterprise itself and the employees.
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| The Provincial Federation of Labor organizes training on strike prevention. Photo: PV |
“Building a team of union officials that ensures quantity and quality, has intelligence, courage, enthusiasm, responsibility, prestige, and the ability to dialogue, lead, inspire, gather, and unite workers” is not only a strict implementation of Resolution 02/NQ of the Politburo on innovation of union organization and activities in the new situation, but also a responsibility and high determination of Nghe An Trade Union in the coming time”.
In particular, it is necessary to pay attention to, orient, and research activities that are appropriate for each type of grassroots union, helping grassroots unions to be more convenient and easier in building and implementing many meaningful and appropriate activities. Reality shows that grassroots unions that regularly organize movement activities have better quality.union staffThat place is better than other units. Through activities, union officials gain more experience in organizing movement activities from planning, negotiating, bargaining with employers, bringing a more effective and convincing voice of the union organization to workers and businesses.
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| A trade union training session. Photo: PV |
In addition, trade unions at all levels regularly inspect trade union activities, inspect the implementation and compliance with the charter, inspect topics and activities launched by the trade union. Directly give comments and instructions.Trade Union OfficerThe inspection helps the Trade Union and its staff to see whether their work is correct, sufficient or lacking in order to promptly correct and improve.
