Vietnam General Confederation of Labor receives Solidar delegation

The delegation was led by Mr. Peter Schissler - Chairman of Solidar, General Secretary of the PRO-GE Mixed-use Industry Trade Union - to Vietnam for practical research.

Solidar is a policy development project of OGB, operating since 1996, to improve the capacity of the Austrian Trade Union to raise awareness of the world in the context of globalization, on that basis, propose strategic actions of the trade union organization, towards "adequate work - a living environment" for workers. Solidar also supports OGB in building a network, connecting and cooperating with national and international trade union organizations, and non-governmental organizations around the world.

Solidar's Executive Board is representative of OGB and the industry unions. A component of Solidar's advanced training course is field trips and research in developing countries, in cooperation with the Austrian Trade Union.

Solidar also welcomed union officials from other countries to be guest speakers, serving the information work and raising awareness of the world for the Austrian Trade Union. In 2024, a delegate from the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL) participated as a guest speaker at the invitation of OGB and Solidar, thereby exchanging with many union officials at all levels, members of friendship associations, and some media to inform the public about the results of the activities of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor as well as the path to socialism in Vietnam, under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

At the meeting, the two sides expressed their desire to strengthen and strengthen the friendship and good cooperation between the Vietnam Trade Union movement and the Austrian Trade Union movement. In particular, promoting the results of cooperation in the past time, further improving the effectiveness of cooperation in the coming time; learning and researching the goals and orientations of the labor movement and the Austrian Trade Union in the coming time; providing accurate and practical information on the activities of the Vietnam Trade Union...