From the trade union's proposal, businesses plan to spend 67 billion VND to install air conditioners for workers

On October 20, the Board of General Directors coordinated with the Executive Committee of the Trade Union of Star Fashion Co., Ltd. to organize a dialogue conference on "Representing, caring for, and protecting the legitimate and lawful rights and interests of female workers at the workplace".

Ms. Dao Thi Lan Anh - Chairwoman of the Trade Union of Star Fashion Co., Ltd. (Phu Nghia, Hanoi) - representing workers, said that through the process of collecting opinions from workers at the company, the Company's Trade Union has summarized and proposed a number of contents:

The Company's Trade Union proposed that the Company's Board of Directors consider installing an air conditioning system in the working area to improve working conditions for workers, especially during hot summer days with high temperatures.

The Company's Trade Union also requested the Company to pay attention to implementing the project to renovate and upgrade the medical facility, ensuring spacious, clean, and airy facilities, with sufficient necessary equipment to serve first aid and health care for workers.

Ms. Do Thi Ngoc Bich - Director of Administration and Human Resources - replied that, in response to workers' petitions regarding the installation of air conditioners in the working area, the company acknowledges and shares the difficulties that workers may encounter during their work.

Based on the workers' recommendations, the company has included the item of installing air conditioners in area B3 in the implementation plan.

According to the expected plan, the air conditioning installation item in area B3 (BLK3) has an estimated unit price of about 67 billion VND, the implementation time starts from November 2026 and is expected to be completed in March 2027.

Regarding the opinions of employees on renovating and upgrading the company's medical room, Ms. Ngoc Bich said that, with the desire to improve facilities conditions, ensure the best and most convenient examination and first aid space in the work of taking care of employees' health, the company's Board of Directors has directed the Administration Department to coordinate with the Equipment and Infrastructure Department to implement this project. The renovation of the medical room will be implemented in the second quarter of 2027.

Speaking at the dialogue conference on caring for and protecting the legitimate and lawful rights and interests of female workers at Star Fashion Co., Ltd., Ms. Do Hong Van - Member of the Standing Committee, Deputy Head of the Labor Relations Department of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor - highly appreciated the proactiveness of the Hanoi Labor Federation, grassroots trade unions and the coordination of business leaders in organizing dialogue activities.

According to Ms. Do Hong Van, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor always identifies caring for and protecting the legitimate and lawful rights and interests of female workers as one of the important tasks of the Trade Union organization. Through the pilot implementation process in some localities and sectors in recent years, the General Confederation has issued guidelines on ensuring gender equality, caring for and protecting female workers through dialogue at the workplace.

The core point of this approach is to shift from the trade union mainly organizing visits and care activities to proactively representing, listening, dialoguing and negotiating, thereby better ensuring the immediate rights as well as the long-term benefits of female workers.

Assessing the conference at Star Fashion Co., Ltd., Ms. Do Hong Van said that the program was carefully prepared, from surveying and summarizing the opinions of female workers to selecting dialogue content suitable for the specific nature of work and the actual conditions of the business. She also acknowledged the frank and responsible exchange spirit of the parties at the conference.

With the specific characteristics of a business operating in the garment and fashion sector and having over 80% female employees, Ms. Do Hong Van proposed that the company's leadership continue to pay attention to building a safe, equal, and respectful working environment for employees; fully implement legal regulations and study policies that are more beneficial to employees, suitable to the actual conditions of the business.

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