Union president also had his insurance "suspended"...!!!

(Baonghean) - This is a 100% true story happening in ST commune - a border commune in T district. ST commune currently has 11 civil servants, full-time employees who have not participated in insurance for 4 years, even though every time they receive their monthly salary, their social insurance and health insurance contributions are "withheld and deducted".

Asked the commune People's Committee whether there was a Trade Union - an organization responsible for supervising the implementation of state policies for workers? The civil servants and specialists of ST commune answered truthfully that the Trade Union had been established for 4 years but was "completely powerless", even the vice chairman of the People's Council and chairman of the trade union of the commune People's Committee also had to "suffer the same fate"... To protect their rights, at many commune meetings, they asked the relevant people to answer but did not receive clear and transparent answers. Therefore, they had to write a collective petition to the authorities to ask for clarification...

In fact, it is not difficult to determine the cause and assign responsibility to individuals related to the fact that civil servants and specialists of ST commune have not paid insurance. Simply because as civil servants and specialists at the commune level, these cadres all receive salaries and at the same time receive financial support from the budget to pay most of the insurance regimes according to regulations. In their role and function, the trade union organization should resolutely force the individuals involved to fulfill their responsibilities, but it is worrying that the trade union organization is powerless and sadly, even the union chairman has to submit a petition to the authorities with his union members.

A union president also has his insurance "suspended" does not mean that union officials at the grassroots level are all weak in capacity. But this incident shows that if union officials are weak in capacity, the union organization there will lose its role. Certainly, when the authorities intervene, the civil servants and specialists of ST commune will have their insurance "suspended". But in order for the union organization to truly be a place where workers can place their trust, the grassroots union levels need to regularly inspect and train the staff in their system...

Nhat Lan