Emulation movements launched by the city's Labor Union in 2014 have attracted the over 1,500 research projects and 5,900 technique initiatives which benefitted VND170 billion (US$ 7,962,981), reported the union in a meeting yesterday.
Nearly 84 percent of enterprises in the city signed labor contracts with laborers. Labor unions in companies financed 550,000 needy workers by providing capital of VND3 trillion (US$ 140,520,001) to do business and supported landladies to maintain the rents for workers
Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Le Thanh Hai, Party Committee Secretary cum a Politburo member of the Communist Party of Vietnam's Central Committee lauded the achievements of the union, adding that the union should think of more creative ways to draw attention of workers and promote creativeness among laborers.
Union activities must benefit workers, he said.
Mr. Hai required the union to urge all enterprises to sign labor contracts with laborers.
Local governments must quickly build more preschools, kindergartens and dormitories for workers and their children.
Mr. Hai wanted more workers to be join in to the Party.
On the occasion, Mr. Hai bestowed the Third Labor Medal to five members of the union. In addition, two teams and four union members received merit certificates signed by the Prime Minister.
