Chairman of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor elected at the 2nd Labor Union Congress in 1961 is which comrade?
When was the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor established?
Based on Guidance 117-HD/BTGTW in 2023, it is clearly stated as follows:
- The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (1946 - 1961), in response to the new demands and tasks of the revolution, on June 20, 1946, the National Conference of National Salvation Trade Union Officials decided to rename the "National Salvation Workers' Association" to "Trade Union" and established the "Vietnam General Confederation of Labor." The trade unions at all levels mobilized workers to participate in the fight, encouraged workers to build production bases, served the long-lasting resistance, and built the socialist North.
In response to the new demands and tasks of the revolution, on June 20, 1946, the National Conference of National Salvation Trade Union Officials decided to rename the "National Salvation Workers' Association" to "Trade Union" and established the "Vietnam General Confederation of Labor."
Who was elected Chairman of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor at the 2nd Trade Union Congress in 1961?
Who was elected Chairman of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor at the 2nd Trade Union Congress in 1961?
Based on Section 3 of Guidance 117-HD/BTGTW in 2023, the content is as follows:
3. The Congresses of the Vietnam Trade Union
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- The 2nd Congress of the Vietnam Trade Union
Held from February 23 to February 27, 1961, in Hanoi. The Congress approved measures to coordinate the implementation of the policies outlined by the 3rd National Congress of the Communist Party regarding socialist construction in the North as a solid foundation for the struggle to achieve peace and national reunification. The Congress decided to rename the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor to the Vietnam General Trade Union. The Congress elected the Executive Committee of the Vietnam General Trade Union consisting of 55 official members and 10 alternate members. Comrade Hoang Quoc Viet, a member of the Politburo, was elected Chairman; Comrade Tran Danh Tuyen, an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, was elected General Secretary.
The 2nd Trade Union Congress in 1961 elected Comrade Hoang Quoc Viet, a member of the Politburo, as Chairman.
What are the names of the Vietnam Trade Union over different periods?
Based on Guidance 117-HD/BTGTW in 2023 on the propaganda of the 13th Congress of the Vietnam Trade Union for the 2023-2028 term, it is clearly stated as follows:
2. Names of Vietnam Trade Union over different periods
- Red Trade Union (1929 - 1935), actively propagandized, mobilized, organized, and led workers to fight against oppression and exploitation, and conducted revolutionary struggles to achieve national independence. The struggles attracted a large number of workers from various sectors in Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Bien Hoa, Ha Tien, Pleiku, Saigon, Gia Dinh, Quang Nam, etc., achieving certain victories.
- Amicable Trade Union (1936 - 1939), aimed to demand trade union freedom, implement people’s livelihood democracy, gather the masses widely... from 1936 - 1939, there were thousands of workers' struggles forcing the French colonialists to accept some demands: increasing wages, reducing working hours, free trade union activities, free assembly, and opposing employer layoffs and worker beatings.
- Anti-imperialist Worker Association (1939 - 1941), tasked with protecting workers' daily interests, making revolution to overthrow the colonial and feudal governments, and liberating classes and the nation, leading strikes.
- National Salvation Worker Association (1941 - 1946), under the leadership of the Communist Party, with appropriate organizational forms and clear struggle targets, the national salvation worker movement developed strongly in the North, Central regions, particularly in Hanoi, Hai Phong, Hon Gai, etc. In August 1945, the working class, under the leadership of the Communist Party, together with the entire nation, overthrew the Japanese fascists and the feudal government, gained national independence, and founded the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
- Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (1946 - 1961), in response to the new demands and tasks of the revolution, on June 20, 1946, the National Conference of National Salvation Trade Union Officials decided to rename the "National Salvation Workers' Association" to "Trade Union" and established the "Vietnam General Confederation of Labor," mobilizing workers to participate in combat, building production bases, serving the long-term resistance, and building the socialist North.
- Vietnam General Trade Union (1961 - 1988), from February 23 - 27, 1961, the 2nd Congress of the Vietnam Trade Union was held in Hanoi. The Congress decided to rename the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor to the Vietnam General Trade Union.
- Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (1988 to present), the 6th Congress of the Vietnam Trade Union (held from October 17 - 20, 1988) decided to rename the Vietnam General Trade Union to the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor.
The Vietnam Trade Union has gone through the following name changes:
- Red Trade Union
- Amicable Trade Union
- Anti-imperialist Worker Association
- National Salvation Worker Association
- Vietnam General Confederation of Labor
- Vietnam General Trade Union
- Vietnam General Confederation of Labor.
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