'Union moments'!

1. SURPRISE GIFT

One late afternoon on the last day of the year, in alley 115, Dang Thai Mai street (Vinh city), Mr. Linh's boarding house, a group of people came to visit. After a few minutes of discussion, the group went to each room to ask each person and exchangeTet gifts from trade union organizations.

Mr. Kha Van Tam - Chairman of the Provincial Labor Federation visited workers at the boarding house. Photo: DT

Mr. Linh’s tenants are all laborers working in the Bac Vinh Industrial Park. The rooms, less than 15 square meters, are home to many small families, including parents and children.

With kindness and modesty, the guests chatted happily and quietly left after giving all the gifts. At this time, many members of the boarding house were surprised to know that the gift-giving group included the Chairman of the Nghe An Provincial Federation of Labor. The gift bags brought warm joy to the last days of the year.

The joy of workers when receiving attention from the Trade Union organization. Photo: DT

After that visit, many workers’ dormitories across the province received similar visits from unions at all levels. Not only during Tet, unions also visited during Workers’ Month, during social distancing, during quarantine… For many people, unions are not only in companies and factories, but also in workers’ dormitories.

2. URGENT TASKS

In early October 2021, convoys of motorbikes of repatriated workers from the southern provinces lined up to reach Ben Thuy bridge. In the cold, early winter rain, among the haggard, dusty people, laden with belongings, were children with dirty faces and disheveled clothes... Traveling thousands of kilometers, they returned home to be cared for, protected, to have a support against the storm of the pandemic to survive.

Leaders of the Provincial Federation of Labor talk with workers returning home from the southern provinces. Photo: PV

The trade union was one of the first organizations to arrive at Ben Thuy Bridge to support these workers. Witnessing their misery and hardship, on October 6, the leaders of the Nghe An Provincial Federation of Labor decided to urgently implement an unprecedented program: Support 500,000 VND/person for union members.repatriated workersin difficult circumstances. This humane decision quickly spread in the community, was widely shared on social networks and received the attention of thousands of workers. Because this support took place at the right time and reached the right people in need, even if they were not members of the Nghe An Trade Union.

Nghia Dan District Labor Federation donates rice to concentrated quarantine areas. Photo: PV

In addition to that support, right in the quarantine area, these workers also received encouragement and sharing in cash, free meals from the "Union Kitchen", and necessities... "After the stormy trip, before I could really reunite with my own family, I received warm care fromNghe An Trade Union" - Ms. Pham Thi Nhuan (Nghia Dan) was moved when recalling the time she was supported by the union.

3. PRIVATE AND COMMON HOMES

For Lo Thi Nam and her child (a member of the Yen Khe commune agency, Con Cuong), this year's Tet is a very special one. From now on, she no longer has to live in a rented house that is sinking below and leaking above, and every time it rains, she has to take her child to stay with the neighbors. Of the 80 million VND spent to build a new house, she received 40 million VND from the "Union Shelter" fund. Receiving the support money from the District Labor Federation at the end of the year, in the new simple house of 36 square meters, Ms. Nam could not hide her emotions. "With my situation, this amount of money is already half of the house. Without it, my life as a mother and child would never be stable" - Ms. Nam confided.

Con Cuong District Labor Federation presented the "Union Shelter" house to Ms. Nam right before the New Year.Photo: PV

Last year, in addition to the difficulties caused by the epidemic, Nguyen Thi Nguyet and her father (a union member of Woosin Vina Co., Ltd., Dong Nam Economic Zone) also encountered a major incident. Due to their difficult and lonely family circumstances, Nguyet's father unfortunately suffered 5th degree burns due to electric shock, requiring multiple skin grafts and surgeries. The company had not been established for long, and the union executive committee had been established for less than 2 months when they first called for support for union members. In the appeal letter, there was a paragraph that read "The company's union executive committee earnestly calls on all officers and employees to reduce their spending to support Nguyet's family". Immediately after the sincere appeal, the union executive committee donated more than 13 million VND to her and her father. Receiving the affection of her colleagues and the attention of the company's union, Nguyet was moved: "As soon as I joined the company, I received the care and help of the union, I am very grateful to everyone"...

Not only is it the story of Ms. Nam and Ms. Nguyet, not just the joy of one person, under the common roof of the union, there are many emotional and warm moments like that.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Nguyet received support money from the company's union.Photo: PV