Labor Relations And Unions: "The recent strike situation in Vietnam"

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Continuing the series of articles about strikes, today I will write about  the recent strike situation in Vietnam.
1.     Total number of strikes
+ In 2008: There were 762 strikes but in 2014 there were only 303 strikes
+ Number of strikes in 2014:
  •          FDI : 68%
  •          State enterprises: 31.167%
  •         Enterprises to freely: 0.33%

+ Number of Strikes in Foreign-Invested Firms

+ Strikes by industry in 2014
  •         Garment                    114

     Because there are a lot of garment factories in Vietnam and many foreign companies have started producing here, there were many changes in the recently
  •          Footwear industry    54

This is one of the main industries with a lots of workerand the company belong to the Employers from China, Korean…
  •          Power industry        20
  •          Wood industry         29
  •          Other sectors            86

Strikes on rights                 110
Strike on benefits               96
Both                                    93
Strikes based on geographical areas (main province which has a lots of Industrial Zone):
  •          Dong Nai province       37
  •          Ho Chi Minh City        87
  •          Binh Duong Province  71
  •         The Others province    108
  •          Ha Noi City                  1

Monthly strikes:
Monthly
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Number
61
40
21
23
31
18
22
21
10
19
12
10

Causes of strikes:
+ January:
-         Adjustments of the minimum wage law
-         Lunar New Year
+ 2009-2010: Economic crisis affects the labor supply and demand
+ 2010 : Started the signing of collective labor agreements
The characteristics of strikes in Vietnam:
  •          Spontaneous
  •         Not in accordance with law
  •          No bargaining
  •          when the economic trend growth and reduce the economic recession
  •          Higher spreads
  •          Quick strikes (3 days)

The reason:
  •          Unpaid Wages
  •         Labor Contracts, Layoffs, and Social Insurance
  •          Meals and Accommodations
  •          Low wages
  •          Higher labor norms
  •          Working time of workers lasted
  •          Non-implementation of democracy in the enterprise
  •          Unions have not sided with workers
  •          No signing collective labor agreement
  •          Unpopular labor laws for workers


In my opinon, there are solutions:
-         + Enterprises need to solve the problem of wages for workers on time
-         +Requires collective bargaining in the enterprise
-        + State must strictly handling violations of labor law
-         +Social dialogue conducted periodically as prescribed
-         +Advocacy to raise awareness to employees 
                                                                                                               Source: VGCL, ILO

Cao Nghia TDTU




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