Workers are desperate because low wages add to the burden of spending
The miserable life of worker when carrying a lot of worries about food
In the evening of the end of April, after a tiring day, finish work worker At the North Thang Long Industrial Park, Mr. and Mrs. Nguyen Quoc Vinh (27 years old, from Thanh Hoa) returned to the boarding house in Hai Boi commune, Dong Anh district, Hanoi to rest, eat and drink.
‘s boarding house worker in Hai Boi commune, Dong Anh district, Hanoi. Photo: Gia Khiem
In the house of more than 10m2 of Vinh and his wife, there is nothing of value except a motorbike as a means of transport together with an old refrigerator. The area is so small, but right next to the window, he and his wife put a temporary gas stove for cooking. Dinner for both husband and wife worker Like Mr. Vinh, there are two main dishes including roasted meat and stir-fried morning glory.
A small inn with a fibro-cement roof is located in an area for worker like Vinh and his wife, it gets hotter when cooking next to an old rice cooker, emitting a lot of smoke.
Nguyen Quoc Vinh and his wife live in an inn of more than 10 square meters. Photo: Gia Khiem
Share with Reporter Dan VietVinh expressed hesitation to say, the couple got married early and had 2 children, in which the eldest daughter is 10 years old this year. Because life in the countryside is difficult, only around the field, so he and his wife decided to go to Hanoi to work worker for more than 2 years now.
According to Mr. Vinh, do worker Although it is hard, but with many unskilled workers like him, he can soon find jobs and earn more income to take care of himself, send it back to his grandparents to take care of the children.
The small room used by Vinh and his wife is a cooking place, hot and sweaty in the early summer. Photo: Gia Khiem
“My wife and I do worker more than 10 million VND per month. However, the cost of renting a motel every month, including electricity and water, is nearly 2 million, sending it to grandparents in the countryside to take care of, and the cost of schooling for the children is about 2.3 million…. With such an income, the husband and wife also have to plan their spending, but also be cautious, just enough to eat and not have enough money, “said Vinh.
The first day of summer was not hot, but the hostel was hot, but Vinh and his wife never intended to install an air conditioner because part of the installation cost was expensive, and the electricity bill was also quite high.
“One day, coming home from work tired, the couple lost sleep because it was too hot, but had to try and get used to life. With a salary. worker Like now, my wife and I have never dared to think or dream of buying a house in Hanoi,” shared Vinh.
Do worker 5 years of “interest” per child
Around the North Thang Long Industrial Park as well as many other industrial parks and industrial clusters in Hanoi city are the residences of thousands of people. worker. Most of them have a difficult life when the salary is not much, but the cost of rent, electricity and water, hundreds of expenses poured on their heads.
Do worker So far it has been 5 years, but with Ms. Nguyen Thi Uyen (far right) said, up to this moment, her assets are nothing but her son, nearly 2 years old and pregnant with her second child for more than 3 months. Photo: Gia Khiem
Do worker It has been 5 years, but for Ms. Nguyen Thi Uyen (24 years old, from Phu Tho province) until now, her assets have been nothing but her son, nearly 2 years old, and having been elected for the second child for more than 3 months. Ms. Uyen is the main breadwinner in the family. To help her go to work, the mother in the countryside has also gone to Hanoi to take care of her grandchildren for more than a year.
“If do worker and without overtime, our salary is only about 4.5 million VND/month. With that amount is not enough for living expenses in the family. Every month there are many orders for overtime and night work, my total income is about 8-9 million VND. To get that amount of money, I have to work hard, put in a lot of effort and don’t have much time to spend with my children,” Uyen said. Reporter Dan Viet.
Simple family meals for women worker. Photo: Gia Khiem
With the income of a senior like Ms. Uyen, it is only temporary enough for her to take care of living expenses in the family. “Having a small child, I also have to try to rent a slightly larger room so that the child will not suffer. The rent alone is 1.7 million per month, electricity is 3,500 VND/number. In the summer months, both rent, electricity and water are reserved. It’s also over 3 million VND/month. That is, I just dare to turn on the air conditioner for a while and then turn it off. When it’s too hot, I turn it on to keep my children cool. In winter, the rental cost is more than 2 million VND”, Ms. Uyen honestly. tell.
House rent alone accounts for more than one third of Uyen’s monthly salary. Not to mention, money for baby diapers, food, living expenses, sickness… The spending problem also makes this young mother quite a headache.
“A month ago, I had a high fever with Covid-19 while pregnant. Fearing the impact on my unborn baby, I went to the doctor to screen for all 4 million. Up to this moment, worker like I have nothing to spare. Coming up with a second child also has to worry a lot. Well, I have to work hard for my life and my children,” Uyen confided.
The dinner of the pregnant mother with her young son and the simple grandmother had a bowl of crab soup and some fish cakes and so on throughout the day. These worker As far away as Ms. Uyen, I never thought that with my real income I would ever be able to buy a house in Hanoi…
There’s more!
A survey of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor on the demand for salary increases at enterprises was conducted in March 2022 on more than 2,000 worker In the whole country, it is shown that: Without overtime, the basic salary of workers and employees is only 4.92 million VND/month on average. Most of the workers’ families still fall into difficulties, even when they don’t work overtime.
Besides, more than 55% of workers and workers said that their salary and income are just enough to cover basic living expenses. 23% said that they have to spend frugally and miserable enough to make ends meet and more than 13% said their current income is not enough to live on the minimum basic living standard.
12% of workers said that they often borrow monthly to spend and stabilize their lives. 35% of those surveyed said they had to borrow from time to time, just over 17% said they didn’t have to borrow money to spend.
Due to poverty, more than 1/5 of surveyed workers said that they had withdrawn social insurance once (accounting for more than 20%), then continued to participate in social insurance.
5.5% of respondents rarely have meat or fish in their meals (only once a week). 33% said that sometimes (1/3 times a week) they buy meat and fish in their meals. This leads to an unsafe state of health.
More than 54% of workers said that low wages, not enough to live on, are the reasons why they are afraid of not wanting to get married. 67% of married workers with 2 children said that their salary is not enough to cover the cost of their children’s education.
In addition, low wages also make many workers afraid to access health care policies. more than 43% of workers said that they do not dare to go to the doctor because they do not have money. When sick, only buy some basic medicine. Up to 57% of laborers buy medicine for themselves and only go to medical facilities when their illness gets worse.
To compensate for their income, more than 44% of surveyed workers choose to work part-time to increase their income. There are 69% of businesses surveyed in favor of raising the minimum wage from July 1.
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