1,000 workers electronics company strike in Haiphong

April 12, 2016 | 20:26

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On April 11, approximately 1,000 workers of Korean electronics company Bluecom Vina Company Limited (Bluecom Vina) started a strike when their Korean directors ignored their requests for cutting working hours and increasing wages, according to newswire Laodong.com.

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According to the workers, the company’s management board broke a promise to establish a union to protect employees’ rights.

Besides, workers do not have official working hours. They have to start working at 8 AM until the managers allow them to leave, which is usually at 9 or 10 PM, even on Saturdays. However, the workers are only paid a basic wage of VND3.74 million ($165) a month, with a compensation of VND100,000 ($4.5) for extra hours accumulated during the month.

On the same day, chairwoman of the Haiphong Economic Zone Trade Union Pham Thi Hang attended a working session with the company’s representatives to protect their rights.

Accordingly, after the working session, the company promised to establish the union on April 15 and adjust the working hours to suit Vietnamese labour regulations. Furthermore, the company will retain/keep the compensation of VND100,000 ($4.50) for all the extra hours accumulated throughout the month, but agreed to increase the monthly allowance to VND450,000 ($20.2) per person.

However, Bluecom Vina refused to its workers to have two Saturdays off each month, leaving them dissatisfied, which prompted workers not to restart working.

Starting operation in 2015, wholly Korean-owned Bluecome Vina, specialises in manufacturing TV speakers and earphones with a total workerforce of 1,400.

By By Ha Vy

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