School Union with building cultural lifestyle among cadres and civil servants

On August 2, 2007, the Prime Minister signed Decision No. 129/2007/QD-TTg promulgating the Regulation on office culture in state administrative agencies with the goal of building a team of cadres, civil servants and public employees working in a professional and modern manner, contributing to the reform of the country's administrative system. The thorough implementation of office culture also ensures the solemnity and efficiency of the operations of agencies and organizations.Thoroughly grasping this viewpoint, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor has launched and proposed solutions to actively direct the Movement to build a grassroots cultural life among workers, civil servants and laborers. Thereby, the intellectual level and cultural enjoyment of workers, civil servants and laborers have been improved, creating a healthy environment, gradually contributing to improving the cultural life in localities, agencies, units and enterprises. As a grassroots trade union with a long tradition, the Trade Union of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (VNU) always focuses on promoting propaganda work among cadres and civil servants about the awareness and importance of activities to build a grassroots cultural life associated with the content of propaganda, dissemination and education of the law; disseminating to cadres and civil servants to clearly understand the tasks and powers, responsibilities and obligations of workers as well as managers and employers in building a cultural life, with specific and practical actions. - The Executive Board of the School's Trade Union has proactively participated with the Board of Directors in building a system of grassroots cultural institutions; actively advised the Board of Directors in investing in building facilities and equipment: offices, classrooms, practice rooms; training a team of trade union officials with professional expertise in organizing cultural and sports activities; building a management apparatus and civil servants participating in community cultural activities; ensuring material and spiritual conditions, and remuneration policies for trade union officials and civil servants participating in cultural and sports activities. - Building a healthy university cultural environment such as: civilized lifestyle, discipline; building a team of professional managers and lecturers with high qualifications and capacity; maintaining and promoting the School's brand; ensuring healthy competition; building harmonious and stable labor relations; creating a green - clean - beautiful - safe - civilized working environment. During the 2009-2012 term, the School Union actively and proactively organized propaganda and mobilization activities and developed a draft on "University Culture Regulations" through seminars, sharing opinions and exchanging experiences not only within the School Union but also expanding to the union clusters of 5 universities (University of Science, University of Natural Sciences, National Economics University, University of Construction and University of Social Sciences and Humanities). Thereby, union officials and members have raised awareness of their roles and responsibilities in building grassroots cultural life, building a healthy teaching and learning environment imbued with humanity. - Building cultural, artistic, physical education and sports movements: promoting mass cultural and artistic movements; developing hobby clubs among officials and civil servants (football, badminton, table tennis clubs, etc.); Attracting cadres and civil servants to participate in common cultural activities such as gender equality, reproductive health, culture, arts... implementing well the movement "All people exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho". - Improving material life, creating favorable conditions for cadres and civil servants to participate in building cultural life: Ensuring that salaries and additional incomes of cadres and civil servants are increasingly higher, commensurate with each person's contribution; strictly implementing policies and laws on labor, insurance and social security; exploiting resources to invest in developing and improving the qualifications and capacity of cadres and civil servants. In particular, the School's Trade Union has done a good job of visiting, mourning, happy occasions, and providing emergency support for cadres and civil servants (including students in especially difficult circumstances). Every year, the School's Trade Union proactively organizes New Year greetings or visits to families of union members who are beneficiaries of policies (families of war invalids, martyrs, families in difficult circumstances). With the achievements in the 2009-2012 term in general and the results achieved in building a grassroots cultural life in schools in particular, the Trade Union of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities has been actively contributing to the successful implementation of the Movement to build a grassroots cultural life among workers, civil servants and laborers launched by the General Confederation, deserving to be an excellent strong grassroots trade union for many consecutive years, being awarded many noble awards: Certificate of Merit from the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, Certificate of Merit from the Prime Minister and Second Class Labor Medal.