A training course on social dialogue and trade union activities in multinational enterprises was organised in the Red River delta province of Bac Ninh on Nov. 16-17.

Twenty trade union officials from Bac Ninh, Hung Yen and Vinh Phuc provinces and Hanoi attended the course, jointly held by the Bac Ninh provincial Labour Union, the Department of External Relations under the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour, and the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers Unions (ICEM).

The learners were provided with updated knowledge and discussed a number of issues on how to analyse a company’s situation and trade union, basic labour standards of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and social dialogue, and the United Nations Compact and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.

They were given the skills to hold dialogues, negotiate and sign collective labour contracts and supervise the implementation of international labour standards at workplaces.

The trainees also shared experience in trade union activities and debated plans of action to promote social dialogue and build healthy labour relations in multinational enterprises./.