November 22, 2017 | 18:18 (GMT+7)
Austrian trade unions ready to share experience with Vietnam
President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL) Bui Van Cuong had a working session on November 21 with President of the Austrian Trade Union Federation (OGB) Erich Foglar, who said the OGB is ready to share experience with its Vietnamese counterpart.
At the meeting. Photo: laodong.vn
At the event in Hanoi,
VGCL President Cuong described the OGB’s working visit to Vietnam as historic and an
important milestone in the relationship between the two sides.
Both the VGCL and OGB can support
each other’s activities with their experience, especially at grassroots level
trade unions, helping protect workers’ rights and interests, improve working
conditions, and ensure proper employment for all laborers, he said.
He also briefed the Austrian guests
about the VGCL and its priorities, adding that the 12th congress of Vietnam’s
trade unions, slated for the third quarter of 2018, will discuss major plans
and targets for the upcoming years, aiming to develop both Vietnamese trade
unions in quantity and quality in order to better express workers’ aspirations,
protect their rights and interests, and improve their income, living standards
and working conditions.
Foglar said there are 1.2 million
trade union members in Austria,
accounting for 35 percent of the country’s workforce. OGB is the only trade
union center representing Austrian workers and comprises seven sectoral trade
unions.
He noted that his federation is
ready to support and share experience with the VGCL and provide information
about services that OGB gives to its members. It will also help improve the
capacity of Vietnamese trade unions’ staff, especially in the non-State sector,
and boost exchanges with trade unions of corresponding sectors in Vietnam.
Source: VNA