Take workers as the center, attract workers to the union
(Baonghean.vn) - That was the direction of Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu at the Conference to summarize trade union activities in 2023 and deploy tasks for 2024 held on the morning of December 29.
Attending the conference were comrades: Tran Thi Thanh Ha - Member of the 12th Presidium, Head of the Labor Relations Department, Vietnam General Confederation of Labor; Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, along with representatives of the Provincial Party Committee's Party Building Department and related provincial agencies, departments and branches.
Affirming the position of trade unions in the new situation
2023 is the year of many important political events of the Party, the State, and the Vietnam Trade Union. Following the theme of the year, trade union activities have had many new points, many effective activities have been implemented for the sake of jobs, income, and life of union members and workers.
Of the 15 targets set, many targets were achieved and exceeded at a high level.
Notably, during the year, trade unions at all levels in the province successfully organized the Trade Union Congress for the 2023-2028 term, ensuring progress and quality, truly a model congress in the North Central region.
Trade unions at all levels have actively implemented and organized activities, focusing on caring for and supporting union members and workers, promptly supporting workers who have lost their jobs or had their income reduced, and building "Union shelters"...
At the same time, actively and effectively participate in building regimes and policies to protect workers' rights; resolve collective labor disputes at enterprises. Coordinate in directing and organizing democratic conferences, labor conferences, and dialogue conferences at the workplace; sign Collective Labor Agreements.
Emulation activities and movements have been implemented vigorously and effectively. In particular, the 1 Million Initiatives Program has made important contributions to the socio-economic development results of the industry, locality and base.
Some indicators achieving high results in trade union activities in 2023:
1. Signing new Collective Labor Agreements in enterprises with trade unions reached 240%.
2.Newly established Women's Unions at grassroots trade unions outside the state sector, reaching 225%.
3. Organizing labor conferences at non-state enterprises reached 127%.
4. Enterprises paying union fees through Vietnam trade union accounts reached 112%.
5. Organizing Workers' Month 2023 at grassroots trade unions in enterprises reached 105%.
6. Establishing grassroots trade unions in enterprises with 25 or more workers, reaching 105%.
7. Introduce outstanding union members to the Party for consideration, training and admission into the Communist Party of Vietnam.105%...
Unions need to be worker-centered
Speaking at the conference, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu acknowledged and highly appreciated the important achievements of trade unions at all levels in the past year, contributing significantly to the comprehensive development of the province.
In addition to the achievements, the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee also raised many concerns about trade union activities in the new situation, the work of developing union members in the province is still low, reaching only 38.95%. The establishment of grassroots trade unions, especially in non-state enterprises, is still gloomy. Many union members and workers still face many difficulties, activities serving the spiritual life, institutions serving the cultural life of workers are not rich...
By 2024, Nghe An will have tens of thousands of new workers, requiring trade unions to make appropriate changes to meet the requirements arising from practice. In particular, in terms of ideology, it is necessary to take workers as the center, attracting workers to the trade union.
To continue promoting the achievements and overcoming the remaining limitations, he outlined 6 key orientations. Notably, the regular and continuous task of implementing the Resolution of the 13th Congress of the Vietnam Trade Union and the Resolution of the 19th Congress of the Nghe An Provincial Trade Union.
Trade unions need to continuously improve the effectiveness of their tasks of representing workers and protecting their legitimate rights and interests in the new situation. It is necessary to focus on coordination, inspection, and supervision in implementing grassroots democracy regulations; harmoniously resolving problems between business owners and workers; ensuring the implementation of labor agreements, signed programs, etc. to ensure legitimate interests for workers both in the short and long term.
Importantly, it is necessary to create a breakthrough in developing union members and establishing grassroots unions, especially in non-state enterprises.
As the Lunar New Year is approaching, comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu noted that trade unions at all levels need to actively implement activities to care for the material and spiritual lives of union members and workers. In particular, focusing on union members and workers in difficult circumstances through the implementation of the program "Tet Sum Vay Giap Thin 2024" and the program "Union member welfare" in a practical and in-depth manner.
At the conference, Ms. Tran Thi Thanh Ha - Member of the 13th Presidium, Head of the Labor Relations Department, Vietnam General Confederation of Labor acknowledged and commended the achievements of Nghe An trade unions at all levels. At the same time, she outlined 6 important orientations to improve the quality of Nghe An trade union activities in the current period.
