Solutions for trade union activities to adapt to the Covid-19 pandemic

Comrade Nguyen Ky Son - Permanent Vice President of the Provincial Federation of Labor attended and directed the conference.

Emulation cluster No. 1 includes the Labor Federations of Ky Son, Tuong Duong, Con Cuong, Anh Son and Tan Ky districts with 489 grassroots unions with 15,389 union members.

Overview of the conference. Photo: Tran Duc

Closely following the 2021 theme of activities "Improving the quality of grassroots trade union cadres" and implementing Resolution No. 02-NQ/TW of the Politburo on innovation of organization and operation of Vietnam Trade Union in the new situation, together with all levels and sectors, overcoming difficulties, restoring production, ensuring safe and flexible adaptation, and effectively controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. Activities to take care of the practical interests of union members, workers, civil servants, and laborers (CNVCLĐ) were actively implemented by trade unions at all levels in the cluster, focusing on supporting union members and CNVCLĐ in difficult circumstances, affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; mobilizing resources to support the construction of "Trade Union Shelter"; negotiating and signing welfare programs for union members; effectively organizing the activities "Tet Sum Vay" and "Worker's Month".

Patriotic emulation movements were launched and widely implemented by trade unions at all levels in the cluster, attracting a large number of employees to participate. In particular, the program "75 thousand initiatives, overcoming difficulties, developing" launched by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor was implemented resolutely and synchronously by the labor federations of districts in the cluster, with 1,863 district-level initiatives and 43 provincial-level initiatives.

Trade unions at all levels always promptly support workers during the pandemic. Photo: PV

The Labor Federations of the districts in the cluster have directed the grassroots unions to mobilize union members to donate 4,524 billion VND to support the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic and 258.1 million VND to the "Union Shelter" Fund; support for building new houses and repairing houses from the "Union Shelter" Fund for 10 union members with an amount of 360 million VND... Through emulation movements, hundreds of collectives and individuals have received awards from the Labor Federation and functional branches.

At the conference, delegates exchanged and shared experiences and good practices, pointed out difficulties and obstacles in the process of implementing tasks, and also proposed targets, tasks and solutions so that in 2022 the emulation movement and trade union activities would achieve higher results.

Speaking at the conference, comrade Nguyen Ky Son - Permanent Vice President of the Provincial Labor Federation highly appreciated the results that the Labor Federation of districts in cluster 1 achieved in 2021.

Regarding the tasks for 2022, he requested the Labor Federations of districts in the cluster to focus on directing trade unions at all levels to proactively deploy solutions appropriate to the development of the COVID-19 epidemic; coordinate well with businesses and units, concentrate all resources, mobilize socialized resources to best care for the material and spiritual life of union members. Effectively deploy action programs to implement Resolution No. 02-NQ/TW of the Politburo on innovation of organization and operation of Vietnam Trade Union in the new situation. Participate in and conduct social criticism on policies related to workers, improve the quality of patriotic emulation movements, promote the development of union members and the establishment of trade unions in non-state enterprises...