HOW TO TACKLE LABOUR RIGHTS IN THE EU-VIETNAM WOOD FURNITURE TRADE

Workers said: “The unions can only try to intervene but the final decision was with the Company Âu Châu and the managers.” “When some issues arise that might affect the benefits of the union reps, they chose to be silent to look after their self-interests: not telling the company nor returning to the workers. [...] I don’t sign the labour contract and I don’t really understand the conditions to join the union.” The union representative is the manager, meaning that the union simply cannot bargain with the company. [...] 18 LABOUR RIGHTS ISSUES IN EU-VIETNAM TRADE IN WOODEN FURNITURE - THREE CASE STUDIES CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS The EU should intensify work with Vietnam · The Vietnamese government needs to close to implement the labour roadmap and the loopholes of the 2014 Social Insurance compliance with labour provisions under the Law which requires companies to only TSD Chapter of the EVFTA as follows: p. [...] problems observed in all three cases: the ineffectiveness of union representation due · The Vietnamese government should to the union's retaining of the old model eliminate the practice of using two wage of trade union operation since the time of books by the employer who should pay social centrally-planned economy, and the lack of insurance for workers based on the HIGHER labour education so that. [...] comprehensive training, and ensuring they have the necessary tools and resources · Vietnam should develop the law on due to carry out inspections in unannounced diligence in the supply chain similar to factory visits wand to talk to workers in safe the upcoming EU Directive on Corporate space (outside of the factories) so as not to Sustainability Due Diligence so as to bind the jeopardise their jo.