Early coordination to resolve the collective work stoppage at BSE Electronics Company

On the morning of April 25, hundreds of workers of BSE Vietnam Electronics Co., Ltd. (Nam Cam Industrial Park, Nghi Loc District, Nghe An)collective stoppageto ask the company to clarify the notice of temporary leave.

Previously, the company's leadership announced that due to low orders, the company would temporarily lay off some workers for a month. Workers shared that about 100 workers received similar notices of layoffs and many did not agree.

“We were informed that we would be laid off for a month, and there was no specific information about salary and insurance during the time off. Those who did not agree to take the leave were given gloves this morning to clean the grass in the company premises. The company will pay them according to the grass cleaning work. Disagreeing with this, the workers stopped working to protest,” said Ms. PTH, a worker at the company.

Workers said that the company's excuse of low orders to let workers go is not correct. Because while some production lines stopped working early (at 4:30 p.m.), there were still many production lines working overtime until 6 p.m., or even 8 p.m.

Many workers suggested: if the company is having difficulties, they can take turns taking time off, working 2 weeks, taking 2 weeks off. During the time off, they will still receive 60% of the average income of the previous 6 consecutive months so that workers have a source of income to take care of their families.

On the afternoon of April 25, the company representative had a direct meeting with the workers, but the two sides could not find a common voice. Currently, the authorities have grasped the situation and are working with the workers at BSE Vietnam Electronics Company Limited, Nghe An branch.

A representative of the Nghe An Labor Federation said that the unit has received the information and assigned the Southeast Economic Zone Trade Union to coordinate in resolving the issue to ensure the rights of workers as well as harmonize the responsibilities between businesses and workers.

BSE Electronics Company Limited, Nghe An branch, started construction on June 5, 2012 atArea C, KindustrialNam Cam, with a total investment of 30 million USD, on an area of ​​5.7 hectares, with a production scale of 250 million products/year. This is one of the first 100% Korean-owned factories built in Nghe An, belonging to BSE Group specializing in the production and trading of speakers.,receiver… The company's main customers are mobile phone manufacturers.

There have been many collective work stoppages at the company. In recent years, the relationship between employers and workers here has been unstable...