Vietnam - Singapore Industrial Park Trade Union extends its activities

In recent years, with many flexible, creative and appropriate ways, Trade Union of Vietnam - Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) has successfully completed its functions and tasks. Activities weredeeply extended, demonstrated the representative role to take care of, protect union members, workers in industrial parks.

Dang Thi Kim Chi, Chairwoman of VSIP Trade Union, awards certificates of merit to employees with achievements in the movement "Good labor, creative workers" in 2018.  

 To assist laborers

Taking care of and protecting legitimate rights and interests of employees is one of the main tasks of trade union levels. Namely, by the end of 2018, there were 185/337 grassroots unions that signed collective labor agreements, reaching the rate of 55%; 100% of union grassroots level built labor regulations; 325/337 grassroots unions built, adjusted and supplemented salary scales and payrolls, 96.15%, of which 143 enterprises built and re-registered at VSIP Management Board; 100% of grassroots unions collaborated with professional organizations to hold monthly and quarterly dialogues...

In addition, VSIP Trade Union also focused on on-site legal consultancy for employees. In 2018, VSIP Trade Union consulted 167 people, including 49 visits in the office, 120 times by telephone, received 11 complaints about the improper fulfillment of labor contract about unilaterally termination, not returning social insurance books; dismissal letter, labor accident regimes. There were no complaints under the jurisdiction of the trade unionamong these. VSIP Trade Union took part in the settlement of these complaints.

Ms. Dang Thi Kim Chi, Chairwoman of VSIP Trade Union, said: "Representing, caring for and protecting legitimate rights and interests for union members and workers requiremany efforts to meet increasing needs ofworkers. In the coming time, trade union levels in VSIP will continue to innovate in the way of thinking and workingtocare for employees practically”.

"Good labor, creative labor" emulation

At VSIP Labor Union, the patriotic emulation movement is always maintained and developed strongly, practically, effectively, towards employees; the focus was the "Good labor, creative labor" emulation movement. This movement was concretized into emulation contents in accordance with the nature and characteristics of each industry and field, attracting thousands employee to participate in.

From the beginning of each year, VSIP Trade Union issues a document to direct grassroots unions to launch movements at enterprises. Accordingly, grassroots unions mobilized members of trade unions and workers to improve machines, apply new scientific - technical and technological advances to production to practice thrift and reduce consumption of raw materials, fuels, materials and energy to improve productivity, quality, improve the efficiency of using machinery and equipment... Since then, creating high quality products that are competitive, participate in regional and national integration. Specifically, enterprises promoted the movement "Promoting initiatives, technical improvement, rationalization of production, ensuring labor safety and hygiene - fire prevention and fighting”. Many units concretized into slogans so that workers were easy to understand, remember, and implement such as the movement "Practicing skills, skilled workers", "Ensuring safety in production", "Promoting initiatives , technical improvement "," Emulation to improve productivity and product quality" to meet the requirements of sustainable development of enterprises, improve working conditions for employees.

"Try your best, your best effort" was the motto of excellent employees in the movement "Good labor, creative labor" in 2018, in which Nguyen Thi Thai, a worker of Nitto Denko Vietnam Company was an example. She herself had the initiative of "Improving TPX material waste". Specifically, before improvement, at single-stage molding phase, the company used TPX to seal products when pressing. For products that had an arm design parallel to the length of U000 sheet and outside the sheet, after pressing, workers must replace new TPX before moving to the next stage. With many year experiences in this position, she felt it was wasted as having to replace new TPX, while it was still very good. Therefore, she made an improvement; post-pressed products were built into a dedicated table. TPX was for both latching and covering the product part. As a result, if previously with a production order of 13 million units, 82 rolls of TPX / month were used; then after improvement, it only takes 56 rolls of material. Only this simple detail has saved businesses nearly VND 200 million / month.

Or Tran Van Tien, assistant supervisor of Nissin Vietnam Food Company, had the initiative to repaint 3 seasoning pans, stainless steel pan and drain. As a result, this initiative has helped to save the cost of leasing contractors over VND 25 million and reducing the sanitation time to VND 5 million / year. He also had the initiative "Improving the bottom of spice powder sink" to prevent water from overflowing into bottom of floor so as to wet the ceiling, generating black mold, the risk of microbial contamination of products has brought about efficiency is guaranteed separating the inside and outside environment, saving the cost of renting the contractor is 21 million VND and reducing the cleaning time to 5 million VND / year.

Ms. Dang Thi Kim Chi, Chairman of VSIP Labor Union, evaluated and implemented the ECD "Good labor, creative labor", in the industrial park appeared many typical and advanced collectives and individuals. They are really typical flowers and mirrors for officials and employees in industrial zones to replicate and study. In the coming time, the Deputy General Director of "Good Labor, Innovative Labor" will continue to be directed and deployed by VSIP Trade Union to each of the grassroots level with richer content and form, in accordance with the characteristics of each business; At the same time, it promptly praised and rewarded the typical collectives and individuals to encourage morale and create motivation for the development of emulation movements.

Reported by Thu Thao – Translated by Ngoc Huynh