Not just workers

Sea daisy garden is more than 500m wide²With a modern automatic irrigation system, this is probably the most unique and different thing to distinguish the headquarters of the Labor Federation of Cua Lo town from other headquarters. It is known that the Labor Federation of the town has directed the facility to plant, propagate and preserve sea daisies at agencies and units, and at the same time coordinate with the Trade Union of the Agricultural Service Center of the town to plant, preserve and develop the sea daisy nursery garden at the agency. The garden is the passion and pride of the coastal city's trade union officials in response to the Project "Preservation, development and promotion ofSea daisy"period 2022-2025 in the town.

Green campus with a large daisy garden of the Labor Federation of Cua Lo town. Photo: Diep Thanh

The Labor Federation of Cua Lo town coordinated with the Trade Union of the town's Agricultural Service Center to plant, preserve and develop a sea daisy nursery garden at the agency. Photo: DVCC

“We will not only plant for one season but will plant all year round, not only here but also in many other places. Therefore, we must take care of the garden carefully to harvest and dry the seeds to give back to the grassroots unions and other units in the town,” Mr. Nguyen Huu Thanh shared. Indeed, despite the mid-summer weather, the hot sun, the beds of sea daisies, watered twice a day, are still green and cool, blooming bright yellow flowers. With the pioneering and guidance of the Cua Lo town union officials, sea daisies are gradually covering the flower beds and grass beds in gold.

Ms. Truong Thi Vinh - President of the Trade Union of Tue Duc Green School, Nghe An shared: "The Labor FederationCua Lo townhas been very active in directing and enthusiastically guiding us to implement the Project "Conservation, development and promotion of sea daisies". Although the area of ​​sea daisies is not as large as the town's Labor Federation, our flower beds and lawns always have the presence of this flower. Even the image of sea daisies appears in the school's publications and designs as an identity. In addition, we also regularly organize for union members to clean the environment, beautify the town's landscape, and build a green - clean - beautiful tourism image".

Union members of Tue Duc Green School Nghe An regularly organize cleaning, weeding, and cleaning the coastal street. Photo: DVCC

In addition, the Town Labor Federation also promotes cultural, sports and physical training activities, promoting Cua Lo culinary culture. A typical example of this content is the program in coordination with the Town People's Committee, the Town Women's Union, and the Town Farmers' Association to successfully organize the "Good Chef - Honoring Cua Lo Cuisine" Contest in 2022. The contest attracted the participation of 11 teams from 7 wards and 4 hotels in the area. Sharing about the contest, Mr. Le Xuan Trinh - Vice Chairman of the Town Labor Federation said: "This is an event in a series of activities to celebrate the opening of Cua Lo tourism in 2022, which is also an opportunity to improve the skills of chefs to serve tourism development, and also an opportunity to promote the image of the attractive culinary culture of Cua Lo".

Held at the end of April, when tourism businesses were struggling to recover from the pandemic, union officials of the Town Labor Federation had to visit each unit and persuade each hotel director to participate. At that time, facing a serious shortage of human resources in the tourism industry, many people doubted the success of the competition. However, with determination in implementation, professionalism in organization and the consensus and smooth coordination of the organizing committee members, the program was a great success, considered a smooth start to the 2022 beach tourism season inCua Lo town.

The 2022 “Good Chef - Honoring Cua Lo Cuisine” contest is a practical playground for those working in Cua Lo tourism. Photo: DVCC

Evaluating the organization of the competition, restaurant and hotel leaders said that this is a quality competition with a highly qualified jury and dedicated teams. If it is implemented regularly and widely, I believe that businesses and local people will have the opportunity to exchange, learn and gain experience, thereby, tourism services will also be more competitive and developed.

Come to the base, listen to the base

In addition to the specific tasks of the locality, the Labor Federation of Cua Lo town has implemented many exciting and practical activities of the trade union organization. With the theme "Cua Lo workers: Pioneering, creative, responsible, safe, adaptive", the Workers' Month - Labor Safety and Hygiene Month 2022 in Cua Lo town has left a good impression on union members and workers.

Union officials of the Cua Lo Town Labor Federation visit workers at the boarding house and at the production site. Photo: DVCC

The union officials of the Cua Lo Town Labor Federation brought the program "Cooling down the summer" to the workers under the intense heat and stench of waste at the Cua Lo Town Urban Environment and Tourism Services Joint Stock Company, in the dangerous and toxic gas production and supply line at the Saigon Nghe An Petroleum Joint Stock Company... 4 million VND for yogurt and drinking water is not a big gift, but this timely, sincere, and practical concern made the workers who are directly working here very emotional.

To contribute to improving the harmonious, stable and progressive working environment in enterprises, the Town Labor Federation has established survey teams to grasp the recommendations, aspirations and wishes of workers, civil servants and employees, and directed enterprises to organize labor conferences and dialogue conferences. After the launching ceremony of Workers' Month 2022, the Trade Union of Cua Lo Water Supply Joint Stock Company coordinated with the company's leadership to organize a dialogue. With a democratic, frank and constructive spirit, the company's leadership responded to recommendations related to the rights and interests of workers.workercompiled by the union executive committee. Since then, the average income has increased from 7.8 million VND to 9.76 million VND, social insurance and health insurance have been fully paid 100%, the canteen has been renovated, the quality of shift meals has been improved, labor protection equipment has been ensured... In addition, the General Director of the company also requested the grassroots union to organize well the emulation movements, build a fundraising plan for sightseeing tours by mobilizing union members to contract construction works on Saturdays and Sundays, and create favorable conditions and promptly complete payment procedures for 2 completed projects. Attending and directing this event, the Cua Lo Town Labor Federation presented 1.5 million VND to 3 union members and workers in especially difficult circumstances.

Giving gifts to support union members in difficult circumstances. Photo: DVCC

In the spirit of sharing, the Labor Federation of Cua Lo town implemented the program "Going to workers' boarding houses", visiting and giving gifts including items, necessities and cash worth 3 million VND to union members in difficult circumstances living in the boarding houses.boarding housein the town. In order to improve the welfare of union members and workers, the Labor Federation of Cua Lo town held a signing ceremony for the union member welfare program with Cua Hoi Seafood Processing and Service Joint Stock Company and Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company.

According to the signed program, the two companies will reduce prices on products and services at listed prices for union members and workers in Cua Lo town as well as in and outside Nghe An province. In addition, the Cua Lo town Labor Federation continues to implement the program "Union Shelter"; the program "1 million initiatives - efforts to overcome difficulties, creativity, determination to defeat the Covid-19 pandemic" and "Summer cooling program - spreading love".

Donating water purifiers to Cua Hoi Seafood Processing and Service Joint Stock Company on the occasion of the establishment of the grassroots trade union. Photo: DVCC

During the Workers' Month, the Cua Lo Town Labor Federation also established a grassroots union at Cua Hoi Seafood Processing and Service Joint Stock Company with 23 union members. The delegation visited and presented 2 gifts to 2 disadvantaged workers, worth 600,000 VND; and presented 1 water purifier worth 6,200,000 VND to the Company.

Along with activities to care for material benefits, the Labor Federation of Cua Lo town has organized training courses on trade union skills for grassroots trade union officials and trade union reporters; promoted propaganda work to raise awareness about the Party, achievements in national development, associated with studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle, about the working class, about trade union organization and activities; organized activities of the Club for Building Cultural Families for female workers and civil servants in the town with the theme of reproductive health care and female labor policies...