Strengthening the protection of legitimate rights and interests of workers

On the morning of June 18, in Cua Lo Town, the Emulation Cluster of the Labor Federations of the North Central provinces held a Conference to review the activities of the first 6 months of the year. Attending the Conference were comrade Phan Van Anh - Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor and representatives of the Labor Federations of 6 provinces of the North Central cluster including: Nghe An, Thanh Hoa, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien - Hue.

Comrades: Nguyen Khoa Hoai Huong - Chairman of the Thua Thien Hue Provincial Federation of Labor, Head of the cluster and Nguyen Tu Phuong - Chairman of the Nghe An Provincial Federation of Labor, Deputy Head of the cluster chaired the conference. Photo: Thanh Quynh

In the first 6 months of 2019 alone, trade unions at all levels of the Labor Federation of 6 provinces introduced nearly 3,300 outstanding union members for the Party to consider and admit.

Many movements have been widely deployed such as: "Innovation, creativity, efficiency in trade union activities", "Good workers, creative workers"; care for workers has been well implemented with welfare programs through 37 cooperation agreements; construction of 380 union shelters and thousands of gifts in peak months such as "Workers' Month", "Month of action on occupational safety and hygiene 2019".

Comrade Nguyen Tu Phuong speaks at the Conference. Photo: Thanh Quynh

The conference proposed key directions and tasks for the last 6 months of the year with 8 main contents; focusing on implementing solutions to complete and exceed the targets assigned by the General Confederation of Labor in 2019 with the theme "For the benefit of union members" in a practical and effective manner; promoting the implementation of Directive No. 52 - CT/TW dated January 9, 2016 of the Central Party Secretariat on "Strengthening the Party's leadership in improving the spiritual and cultural life of workers in industrial parks and export processing zones".

Handing over a house to the union. Photo: Thanh Quynh

In particular, trade unions at all levels continue to perform well their role as representatives to protect the legitimate rights and interests of union members, workers and employees; mobilize resources to organize welfare programs, effectively organize "Tet Sum Vay"; continue to promote emulation movements with the goal of "More productivity, better quality";...