Chang Shin Vietnam Company Starts Original Price Sale for Workers

At the rice stall in the shop

       Rice is the first item to sell at the shop. Workers are allowed to post-paid rice until the tenth of each month, the payment will be deducted from their monthly wages. By this way, each worker can buy 10 to 15 kilos of rice per month on average. Mr. Dang Tuan Tu, chairman of the company’s Trade Union tells reporter: “The Trade Union is always attached to workers’ benefits. In the situation of raised price of most food and grain, and other necessities, especially, surprisingly raised price of rice within two months, a sale program for workers was proposed by the Trade Union. Under the permissions of company and board of directors, the Trade Union was financed to run the business. The rice, supplied by original producers without any agents, is the first items available to be sold at low price”.

    Ms. Nguyen Thi Van, worker, says: “Rice is in here much cheaper than in the market.  When the price of rice rose, I could buy a kind of Taiwan aromatic rice at price of VND 13,500 one kilos, compared to market price of the same kind at VND 15,000-17,000 one kilo. In estimation, rice is sold at VND 1,500 to 3,000 cheaper, depending on various kinds. It is important that workers can delay their payments for rice until wages are granted. We all appreciate the policy, which benefits ourselves”.

    Another worker, Ms. Ha Thi Phuong Trang shares the same feeling: “I buy five to ten kilos of rice each month; for each kilo, I can save 1,000 to 2,000 VND, and it means each month I have several ten thousand left for other expenditures on rent, electricity, water and so on. That is the real benefit the Trade Union result in”.

The company Trade Union opens low price rice shop for workers.

    “Rice sale is just a starting program”, said Mr. Tuan, “The Trade Union plan to build up the Chang Shin Supermarket for Laborers with a wide range of necessities, such as: vegetables and fruits, dried food, fish products, cosmetics, shampoo, washing powder, etc. For a long-term project, we plan to cooperate with other businesses for necessities supply, and work with surrounding districts, professional villages and gardeners for safe vegetables, and fresh fish and meat of all kinds.

    The program is aimed at keeping workers reassuring in circumstance of instable price of most food and necessities. Now, workers do not worry about poverty due to raised price of rice”.

    “The price is very reasonable. We will sell goods at original price, including transport and package costs. Thus, the price of each item sold here is cheaper and more suitable for the workers’ earnings. At present we are selling rice at the same time as investigating the workers’ demand on other necessities, which may be met when supermarket project completes” he adds.

    Mr.  Park Choon Taek, General Director of Chan Shin Vietnam company, says: “The company is employing about 20,000 workers, so caring about their life is extremely necessary job in the raises price periods; VND 2 billion is funded to operate the shop, VND 5 to 7 billion for the supermarket establishment”.

    Currently, prices of most food and grain and other necessities rise, workers are hard to live on their wages. In fact, the original price sale for workers by Chang Shin Vietnam means to share certain difficulty with employees. Certainly  the Company Trade Union’s contribution is significant to boost relationship between Chang Shin and its workers so that they feel secure to work efficiently

(Reported by Thu Hoai, Translated by L.H)