The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) and the AustralianPeople for Health, Education and Development Abroad (APHEDA) organised aworkshop in Hanoi on November 11 to share training methods andprogrammes to help enhance the capacity of trade unionists in industrialparks and processing zones.
Identifying thetraining of trade unionists as a key task and prerequisite for a numberof other activities, the VGCL devised a strategy and issued a resolutionon the improvement of the quality of personnel training courses in2010-2020, Vice President Tran Van Ly said.
Directorof the APHEDA Office in the Mekong Delta Sharan Kumar KC said while thenumber of trade unionists in the world is relatively low that inVietnam the number is on the rise.
He expressed hishope that Vietnamese trade union organisations will continue to expandtheir membership in the near future.
Participants atthe workshop agreed that labour disputes are still quite common inindustrial parks and processing zones, requiring the involvement oftrade union officials to mediate.
With 8.3 million members at present, the VGCL is expected to increase its membership to 10 million by 2018.
Established in 1984, APHEDA acts as the overseas aid agency of theAustralian Council of Trade Unions. Since 1993, the organisation hasimplemented a number of trade union projects in Vietnam with a focus onnegotiation skills, gender equality, and HIV/AIDS prevention andcontrol.-VNA
Identifying thetraining of trade unionists as a key task and prerequisite for a numberof other activities, the VGCL devised a strategy and issued a resolutionon the improvement of the quality of personnel training courses in2010-2020, Vice President Tran Van Ly said.
Directorof the APHEDA Office in the Mekong Delta Sharan Kumar KC said while thenumber of trade unionists in the world is relatively low that inVietnam the number is on the rise.
He expressed hishope that Vietnamese trade union organisations will continue to expandtheir membership in the near future.
Participants atthe workshop agreed that labour disputes are still quite common inindustrial parks and processing zones, requiring the involvement oftrade union officials to mediate.
With 8.3 million members at present, the VGCL is expected to increase its membership to 10 million by 2018.
Established in 1984, APHEDA acts as the overseas aid agency of theAustralian Council of Trade Unions. Since 1993, the organisation hasimplemented a number of trade union projects in Vietnam with a focus onnegotiation skills, gender equality, and HIV/AIDS prevention andcontrol.-VNA
