The year deserved for benefit of union members

Besides, VGCL has signed program of welfare with 9 big partners in the sake of union members. According to that agreement, when using union member card for  shopping or using services of those corporations, union members can have special treatment. Some trade union organizations in provinces also follow that model to sign agreement with partners in order to have privilege for their members.

In addition of implementing “Year for benefits of union members”, the key task of all level of trade union is to co-operate with appropriate agencies to protect the rights of employees; raising the effectiveness of signing Bargaining Collective Agreement; actively co-operate with social insurance to bring those enterprises that violate law of health, social and unemployment insurance and not pay union fee to the course.

VGCL also issued guidance No 284/HD-TLĐ for implementing the subject in 2017 “Year for benefits of union members” in which the main benefits of union members and measures to achieve are as follows:

1. Taking care of material benefits for union members.

1.1. Care of benefits of union members through participating in forming legal policy

In the process of forming legal policy, especially those relating with employees including union member, it needs to concentrate on proposals of articles which benefit to employees who are union members. Attention have to be more on policy of salary, bonus, social insurance, health care insurance, unemployment insurance; policy on education, improving professional  skill for employees.

1.2. Care of benefits for union members through bargaining and signing Bargaining Collective Agreement

Trade union should actively propose and bargain the items that benefit for employees and put them to Bargaining Collective Agreement. Often checking and monitoring the implementation of signed Bargaining Collective Agreement.  Suggestion of measures for effective implementation of  Bargaining Collective Agreement.

1.3. Care of benefits for union members through dialog, setting up and implementing democratic statute at grassroots level

Actively propose to employers to hold the dialog; listen to workers to find out what they want and need for preparing the talk with employers; prioritizing the items that will talk first and requiring employers to hold dialog in urgent  to solve problems that cause angry to employees. Trade union shall have responsibility to set up internal regulation, especially those that directly relates to the rights and benefits of employees and Union members such as internal labour regulation, salary and bonus regulation; regulation on emulation and rewards; regulation on welfare usage; regulation on improving vocational training; regulation on recruitment, etc.

1.4. Implementing “Welfare program for Union members”

Based on Agreements signed between VGCL and corporations, companies or enterprises, the union organization of all levels should actively co-operate with partners to implement the Agreement; also proactively work with local companies that have essential products or services to bargain and sign the agreement to bring the benefits for union members such as food products, everyday items, consumption products; the services like holiday resorts, clinical, cultural and sport venues, equipment for children education, etc.

1.5. Care of benefits for union members through existing infrastructure of Trade Union organizations.

The Vietnam Trade Union Organization has many establishments of travel, tourism, relax, sport and vocational training and education that are in operation. Therefore, these infrastructure should have privilege for union members.  

1.6. Through social and charitable activity of Union

The social activity of Trade Union includes program “Union Warm Home”, landing money for creating jobs through National Foundation for Jobs; Fund Supporting Poor Workers Self Employ; activity assisted employees through fund supporting trade union children; activities of visiting and support for sick workers through Charitable Fund or Fund of Gold Goodness of trade union.

2. Taking care of mental interest, political right for union members.

2.1. The mental interests of union members are those that union members participate in cultural, sport activities; go for sightseeing, taking relax.

2.2. Ensuring the political right for union members, creating favorable condition for union members to have chances to improve professional skill and political opportunity.

2.3. Creating condition and opportunity for union members to participate in courses of training or vocational education, skill; involving union members to participate in competition movement organized by trade union, especially movement of good workers, creative workers from which they can have chance to get promotion.

(Source: Vnniosh.vn)