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Support to development in industrial relations, wage fixing and labour law implementation institutions and capacity in Viet Nam - Midterm Evaluation

eval_number:

2491

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2491

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Trade Union - capacity building

category:

Constituents

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comments:

Trade unions at all levels, workers, enterprises, governments, donors, ILO, and project management

challenges:

Capacities at local levels need to be raised simultaneously.

success:

Better representation of the rights and interests of the union members and other workers by the union, and reduction of disputes, in particular unorganized (‘wild-cat’) strikes.

context:

There is only one trade union in Vietnam, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL), the organization entrusted to represent the interests of the workers in the country. Its role is gradually changing, for example through the Trade Union Law (TUL) of 2012. Improving its representational role and focus in relation to workers at the Grassroots Trade Union (GTU) level through support of the intermediate, i.e. ‘Upper Level Trade Unions’ (ULTU), such as Federations of Labor (FoL) and Industrial Zone Trade Unions (IZTU), has been the subject of several project activities. The roles of the ULTU have also changed as a result of major new areas of responsibility being added in the new TUL as well as Labour Code (LC).

description:

The Bottom-up Approach in Trade Union Restructuring.
The bottom-up approach in union restructuring in the trade union pilots in Vietnam and how to set it up, has been one of the project’s strengths, and has already led many enterprises in the country to replicate it.

administrative_issues:

N/A

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/217957

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location:

country:

Viet Nam

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Support to development in industrial relations, wage fixing and labour law implementation institutions and capacity in Viet Nam - Midterm Evaluation