Efforts of the trade union in resolving the strike at Viet Glory Company Limited
(Baonghean.vn) - Taking place over the past 5 days, the strike at Viet Glory Company Limited has always had the direct participation of officials of the Dien Chau District Labor Federation and the direction and orientation of officials of the Provincial Labor Federation. The efforts of the trade union have strongly impacted the policies and regimes that the company offers to its employees.
Overview of the strike
Viet Glory Company Limited was established on November 19, 2019, located in Dien Truong commune, Dien Chau district, Nghe An province. Currently, it has over 5,000 workers, manufacturing leather shoes. The company is in the process of constructing phase 2, which will attract about 4,000 more workers upon completion. The grassroots trade union was established in March 2021.
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| Image of the strike on the morning of February 10 at the gate of Viet Glory Company Limited. Photo: DT |
On the morning of February 7, 2022 (ie January 7, the year of the Tiger), the Company organized for workers to go to work on the first day of the new year and quickly test for Covid-19 with the purpose of screening F0 to prepare for mass work on February 8. After the lunch break, when it was time to start the afternoon shift, all workers did not go to work but gathered outside to stop work collectively to demand their rights.
From February 8-10, 2022, after discussing and discussing 11 contents of workers' petitions, company leaders and workers stillhave not found common groundAll workers did not agree with the company's solution and continued to ask the company to increase wages and add seniority allowances before returning to work.
Union efforts
Immediately after receiving the information, the Dien Chau District Labor Federation directed specialized departments to directly collect and grasp the situation directly from workers; synthesize and classify workers' opinions, coordinate with the district's Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to check and review a number of related policies and regimes that workers proposed to determine right and wrong, and then request the company to notify all workers.
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| Over the past 5 days, the District Labor Federation has always been present with workers and businesses. Photo: DT |
On February 8, the District Labor Federation requested the companynotice of response to petitionsent to all workers. In particular, the Labor Union has propagated, persuaded, mobilized and requested the company to resolve a number of legitimate requests for workers, such as: increasing fuel allowances, studying legal regulations to supplement heavy toxic allowances for workers, increasing meal allowances, adjusting and learning from management attitudes, fixing timekeeping machine errors... However, workers did not agree with 2 contents: increasing basic salary and adding seniority allowances. They said that it was unreasonable for surrounding companies to increase salaries but Viet Glory Company Limited had not. And all companies have seniority allowances, so why doesn't this company have them? Some workers who have worked for a long time at the company are disadvantaged in their rights...
Grasping the 2 recommendations that the workers did not agree with, the District Labor Federation on one hand propagated to the enterprise to understand that the workers' recommendations were completely legitimate, but on the other hand explained to them that they needed to share with the enterprise that 2 years of operation were 2 years of facing the very difficult COVID-19 epidemic. The District Labor Federation continued to work to persuade the company's leadership to consider giving a satisfactory and definitive answer to the workers to ensure the harmony of interests of both sides.
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| Ms. Hoang Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Department of Legal Policy & Labor Relations, Provincial Labor Federation talked with workers. Photo: PV |
In addition to the regular direction and close attention to the grassroots of the District Labor Federation, from February 10-11, the Provincial Labor Federation sent a working delegation led by Ms. Hoang Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Legal Policy & Labor Relations Department to directly participate in the company to resolve the problem. The delegation met with workers, listened to more recommendations, problems, thoughts and aspirations of workers and laborers, and worked directly with the company's leadership and the company's union.
At the working session on the morning of February 11, Ms. Hoang Thi Thu Huong frankly discussed the recommendations and proposals of the employees, advised on dialogue skills with the labor collective; and oriented the employers on how to resolve the remaining issues between the two sides, especially the issue of basic salary andseniority allowancefor workers, on the basis of reference research, research on regional minimum wages of enterprises in Dien Chau and the whole province to make reasonable decisions, meeting the needs of attracting labor of enterprises in the context of labor competition. In addition, he requested enterprises to seriously implement the registration of labor regulations, build a salary scale system in accordance with labor law regulations.
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| Representatives of the Provincial Federation of Labor worked with leaders of Viet Glory Company Limited. Photo: PV |
The company has seriously accepted the opinions of the working group and committed to adding to the notice to workers about the content of basic salary and seniority allowance on the afternoon of February 11 so that on the morning of February 12, workers and laborers can return to work with peace of mind.
On the afternoon of February 11, the company agreed to make the payment.seniority allowancefor workers and laborers starting from March 2022 for workers and laborers working at the company for 1 year or more. At the same time, agree to consider paying basic salary for workers and laborers equal to or higher than that of enterprises in the same area as soon as possible.
The company has nearly 5,000 newly stable workers, the grassroots union has just been established for more than 10 months and does not have much experience in organization and operation. Last year, the Covid-19 pandemic raged, trade, travel, import and export of goods encountered many difficulties, workers should share some of the difficulties with the company, consider the company's difficulties as part of their own difficulties, join hands, and share some of the difficulties with the business. On the company's side, it should study the wishes of the workers to consider ensuring the harmonious interests of both sides.
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| Under the analysis and consultation of the Provincial Federation of Labor delegation, the company's leaders agreed to supplement seniority allowances for employees from March 2022. |
“The trade union organization continues to accompany and closely work with workers, laborers and enterprises. Focus on directing grassroots trade unions to strengthen workplace dialogue, promptly grasp, promptly make recommendations and propose solutions to difficulties and problems arising in labor relations. Grassroots trade unions must become a bridge between enterprises and laborers, contributing to building harmonious, stable and progressive labor relations, helping enterprises develop sustainably, ensuring legitimate rights and interests for workers.”
