Cases that workers stop working and gather in cities and provinces have decreased gradually and by June 16, most of the protesting workers resumed their work, said an official of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL).
Workers at Pou Yuen Vietnam Co., Ltd. (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Cases that workers stop working andgather in cities and provinces have decreased gradually and by June 16, most ofthe protesting workers resumed their work, said an official of the VietnamGeneral Confederation of Labour (VGCL).
Ngo Duy Hieu, head of the VGCL’s Labour RelationsDepartment, attributed the result to efforts made by all-level trade unionsnationwide which had stepped up the communication work and joined hands withthe entire political system to stabilise the situation.
The official said since the beginning of June 2018, therehave been online calls to employees to skip work and take to streets to opposethe National Assembly’s discussion on the Law on SpecialAdministrative-Economic Units of Van Don, Bac Van Phong and Phu Quoc and theLaw on Cyber Security.
Many leaflets with similar contents have also been scatteredat rental houses and workplaces of workers in some cities and provinces, headded.
The first incident occurred at Pou Yuen Vietnam Co., Ltd. inBinh Tan district, Ho Chi Minh City. It was followed by severalforeign-invested businesses in the southern provinces of Tien Giang, Tay Ninhand Long An, and Thai Binh, Quang Ninh and Bac Ninh provinces and Hai Phongcity in the north, according to Hieu.
The situation reached its peak when workers of 38enterprises in HCM City, and Long An, Tay Ninh and Tien Giang provinces missed workto take to streets on June 11.
VGCL leaders said the missing was not related to labourrelations but sparked by external impacts.
Although there have been no losses of human life, machinesand facilities, business owners expressed their concerns as their productionactivities have been affected.
The VGCL has coordinated with the Ministry of Informationand Communications to send messages to residents and workers, urging them notto join crowds and stop working, and stay vigilant over bad people.
The agency has also delivered documents, leaflets, videoclips, photos and appeals of the VGCL President via its website and facebookpage, and newspapers in order to call on workers to reject false allegations ofhostile forces.
Of note, all-level trade unions have dispatched itsofficials to localities to deal with issues relating to labourers, asking themto keep a close watch on the situation.
VGCL leaders have also underlined the need for all-leveltrade unions to intensify the information work and swiftly popularise policiesand laws among workers.
It is a must to protect rights and interests of workers inline with legal regulations, they said.-VNA
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