On June 4, chatting with direct on the 14th Vietnam Trade Union Congress, General Secretary and President To Lam emphasised that the nation wants a extra fashionable, extra brave, and extra inventive working class (GCCN).
Lao Dong Newspaper reporter had an interview with Dr. Nguyen Hoang Bao Tran – Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science and Technology (Delegate of the fifteenth National Assembly) about the details in the course this time of General Secretary and President To Lam.
Madam, how do you assess the contents that General Secretary and President To Lam set out for the Vietnam Trade Union group in the brand new interval?
Dr. Nguyen Hoang Bao Tran: The speech of General Secretary and President To Lam at this Vietnam Trade Union Congress, in my opinion, shouldn’t be solely necessities for the Trade Union group in a brand new time period, but in addition strategic orientations for the way forward for the Trade Union group in the brand new period of nationwide improvement.
This is definitely a query concerning the function, place and improvement mannequin of the Trade Union group in the context of a deeply altering working world underneath the impression of digital transformation, synthetic intelligence, automation, inexperienced financial system and worldwide integration.
From a broader perspective, this isn’t solely a narrative of innovation of the Trade Union group, but in addition a narrative of getting ready for the way forward for Vietnam’s labor pressure in the digital age, the age of synthetic intelligence and international competitors.
In my opinion, the course of commerce union innovation in the approaching time may be seen in many main points.
First, the Trade Union must shift from the primary function of safety to the function of accompanying the event of staff.
For a few years, the core activity of the Trade Union has been to take care of, signify and defend the legit and lawful rights and pursuits of staff. This perform nonetheless retains its worth however must be expanded in the brand new stage.
Today, staff not solely must be protected against dangers of employment, revenue or working circumstances, but in addition want help to develop capability, enhance {qualifications}, and adapt to the very speedy modifications of the labor market.
A contemporary Trade Union group mustn’t solely assist staff overcome difficulties but in addition assist them enhance their competitiveness, have profession improvement alternatives and enhance their high quality of life.
In different phrases, the Trade Union must shift from the mindset of “supporting when in difficulty” to the mindset of “accompanying for sustainable development”.
Second, the Trade Union must become a pioneer pressure in constructing human assets for the digital financial system and digital society.
The nation is getting into a stage of improvement based mostly on science and technology, innovation and digital transformation. This is crucial driving pressure for development in the approaching a long time.
In that context, the Trade Union must take part extra deeply in constructing a studying society and promoting lifelong studying amongst staff and laborers.
If in the previous, the Trade Union mobilized emulation for good labor, in the longer term, the Trade Union must strongly launch actions to be taught digital expertise, apply synthetic intelligence, innovate and enhance skilled capability.
One of the brand new missions of the Trade Union is to assist staff not be left behind in the digital transformation and inexperienced transformation of the financial system.
How do you assess the function of digital transformation in Trade Union actions in enhancing labor productiveness? What digital options must be prioritized to each higher serve staff and contribute to the purpose of creating high-quality human assets for the nation?
Dr. Nguyen Hoang Bao Tran: In my opinion, the Trade Union must strongly remodel digitally to raised serve staff.
I feel it is a crucial content material in the message of the General Secretary and President when emphasizing that Trade Unions can’t be fashionable in the event that they nonetheless primarily function with paperwork, conferences and slogans.
Therefore, the Trade Union must construct a digital ecosystem to serve union members and staff; kind a unified union member database; develop digital platforms to obtain petitions, authorized recommendation, on-line coaching, welfare care and job connection.
The way forward for the Trade Union shouldn’t be solely in the headquarters or workplace but in addition must be current commonly in the digital house, the place staff live, finding out and working on daily basis.
Therefore, Trade Union ranges completely grasp the duties, specializing in the purpose of enhancing labor productiveness and double-digit development; innovation, working towards thrift, innovating working fashion, strongly making use of science and technology, digital transformation, and synthetic intelligence.
Thank you very a lot, Dr. Nguyen Hoang Bao Tran!