Supe Lam Thao, where many workers dream of working

In the past 5 years, the lives of workers and staff of Supe Lam Thao have been raised to a new level, deeper, higher, and more complete. That is not only reflected in daily meals, protective clothing, and full benefits, but also in "hot" bonuses for good and unique initiatives...

The life and income of the most "attractive" workers in the land of palm trees

When talking about Lam Thao Superphosphate and Chemical Joint Stock Company, everyone immediately thinks of the first and largest fertilizer and chemical factory in the North, with a campus of dozens of hectares in Lam Thao district ( Phu Tho ). In a working environment with many chemicals, workers here have their own hardships compared to other workers, which places a huge responsibility on the company's Board of Directors.

How can the working environment in the factory always be safe, green - clean - beautiful? The quality of meals and the lives of workers be guaranteed and continuously improved? How does the system operate to ensure revenue growth, workers feel secure in contributing, dedicating and attracting talented people?... Those questions always come back, requiring not only the Company's Board of Directors but also related departments to painstakingly research and think to improve the quality of material and spiritual life of workers.

Supe Lam Thao is one of the few fertilizer enterprises that has maintained steady growth, even in the context of the Covid epidemic, thereby ensuring the lives and incomes of workers. Photo: Minh Hue

Mr. Le Minh Tuan - Vice Chairman of the Trade Union of Lam Thao Superphosphate and Chemical Joint Stock Company said that although the fertilizer industry has had difficult times in production and business, Lam Thao Superphosphate has the advantage of a 62-year tradition, so from the infrastructure system to the cultural institutions have been fully built. With the help of the former Soviet Union, along with the factory system, Lam Thao also has a housing area for workers living far away, spacious canteens capable of serving hundreds of people; there are soccer fields, volleyball courts, swimming pools, tennis courts...

"In charge of the union, we always research and think of jobs to take better care of workers, but above all, it is still not as difficult as ensuring the health and safety of workers when working in fertilizer and toxic chemical production lines. Therefore, every day, every hour, we always remind and educate workers to strictly follow labor safety procedures, fire prevention and fighting... Absolutely do not cut corners, do not do things carelessly. Many times, there are steps that seem unimportant, but have potential risks of unsafety, so in addition to covering vulnerable positions, prone to rotating objects and explosions, we emphasize prevention methods as the main method" - Mr. Tuan said.

Regarding workers' lives, Mr. Le Minh Tuan affirmed that it can be said that in the past 5 years, especially since the new young and creative General Director, workers' lives have been continuously cared for, raised to a new level, deeper, higher, and more complete.

"For example, with shift meals, Supe Lam Thao has increased the meal from 22,000 VND/person/day to 55,000 VND/person/day. Recently, the company has invested billions of VND to renovate 5 houses: shift dining room, bathroom, changing room, dormitory... Most recently, we have focused on changing all protective work clothes, accordingly, we have researched very carefully about fabric materials, colors, and sizes to ensure comfortable movement and ventilation. Each worker's clothes are fully embroidered with their full name and department.

In particular, the company's Board of Directors also invested in a modern washing machine system so that every day when work ends, workers only need to shower, change into protective clothing and the washing machine will wash everything. The next morning, everyone will have new, fragrant clothes to wear to work. Just yesterday, we went to survey the drying cabinet to prepare for investment, helping to dry workers' clothes conveniently and quickly" - Mr. Tuan happily showed off.

Pointing to two gift bags in the corner of the room, Mr. Tuan said that they were cordyceps and bird's nest drinks that the company had just given to all 1,850 people to improve their health.

"Everyone gets 2 equal portions. On the occasion of the God of Wealth Day in early 2024, for the first time, each worker was also awarded 1 tael of gold with the logo of 3 palm leaves of Supe Lam Thao. This gift is worth nearly half a month's salary, and is also a unique form of reward, associated with the company's long-standing prestigious brand, so everyone is excited and proud" - Mr. Tuan said.

Every year, Supe Lam Thao cooperates with Phu Tho Provincial Police Hospital and several hospitals in Hanoi to organize periodic health check-ups for all staff and employees. Photo: HM

According to Ms. Trieu Thi Sau, Electromechanical Warehouse Manager, it can be said that the income level and reward regime, health care for workers at Supe Lam Thao are among the most "attractive" in Phu Tho province. In total, bonuses for New Year, Lunar New Year, company founding day, International Labor Day..., each person receives about 60 million VND/year. What is special at Supe Lam Thao is that the bonus of the General Director is equal to that of the workers, consistent from normal bonuses to Tet gifts, ensuring fairness.

"As employees, we are extremely excited that for the past 2 years, the Company's Board of Directors has bought us life insurance and allowed us to travel domestically. Last September, for the first time, I and 61 other outstanding workers were selected to go on a 5-day, 4-night tour in Singapore and Malaysia. These are wonderful rewards that I never even dreamed of. Therefore, not only me but many employees dream of working and contributing at Supe Lam Thao" - Ms. Sau excitedly shared.

Ready to reward employees with good and unique ideas

Talking to Dan Viet, Mr. Le Minh Tuan - Vice President of Supe Lam Thao Union added that, along with ensuring safety and ensuring the production environment, product quality is still the decisive factor for the survival of a business. Therefore, Supe Lam Thao always promotes research to improve technology, research and apply technical innovation initiatives to ensure quality, while optimizing production, reducing costs, contributing to reducing fertilizer prices.

"The company regularly rewards individual initiatives, has a policy of encouraging "hot" rewards, and at the end of the year, there will be additional rewards at the review meeting. Among them, good initiatives and topics that benefit the company will be rewarded up to 900 million VND" - Mr. Tuan said.

With achievements in work and passion for creative research, Nguyen Thua Vinh is one of 41 young people honored by the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union as "Excellent Young Worker" nationwide for the 13th time. Photo: Ngoc Hai

For example, in 2023, three Subcommittees of the Lam Thao Supe Innovation Council met to review, specifically evaluate and recommend the Company's General Director to recognize 229 topics and initiatives of 512 authors (including 145 female authors) with a total value of over 13 billion VND. In particular, the Innovation Council selected exemplary individuals who met the criteria and were proposed by 4 comrades to the superior trade union for consideration and the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor to award Certificates of Merit and Creative Labor Badges; 33 comrades were considered to receive the Creative Labor title of the General Director.

The initiatives and topics in 2023 cover all areas of work in the Company's production, business and life activities. A typical initiative that the company applied in April 2024 is "Research and implementation of production solutions to directly export NPK top dressing products: NPK 12-5-10, NPK 12-3-10, NPK 12-3-13 on the rotary drum production line using steam to roll pellets, create dried granules at NPK Line 4".

This initiative helps to create NPK fertilizer products with round, beautiful granules, especially overcoming the hardening of the product, so that the product can be exported directly to customers after production (without having to carry out the steps of storing and rolling the product when selling as before). Saving costs of loading, unloading, rolling and crushing the product, expanding the warehouse area to store raw materials and products, with a profit value of more than 713 million VND.

High content NPK fertilizer production line of Supe Lam Thao.

Or the initiative "Building and implementing a plan for planning raw material and product warehouses at Super Fertilizer Enterprises 1 and 2 to stabilize the quality of superphosphate, meeting the quality of commercial superphosphate and internal superphosphate for NPK production in accordance with the current conditions of declining apatite ore quality", has also been applied by the company at Super Fertilizer Enterprise 1 and Super Fertilizer Enterprise 2 since January 2023.

The above initiative helps to thoroughly separate the ore according to the input quality, ensuring that the commercial superphosphate batches meet the quality requirements according to the published TCCS; ensuring that the NPK-S product batches use stable superphosphate raw materials and meet the quality standards of effective P ₂ O _5. Ensuring the maintenance of stable production in the context of the increasingly declining quality of Apatite ore and eliminating the costs incurred due to having to recycle substandard product batches.

Mr. Tran Dai Nghia, Deputy General Director of Lam Thao Superphosphate and Chemical Joint Stock Company, said that thanks to the continuous promotion and encouragement of the scientific research movement, the company's savings initiatives are increasingly becoming more substantial and in-depth, contributing to the company's successful completion of the planned goals.

"In 2024 and the following years, Supe Lam Thao will continue to launch the movement of science and technology, innovation and focus on all areas of work and positions. Whether the proposer is a manager, engineer, employee or direct production worker, the Company will respect and consider encouraging them to promote creative ideas" - Mr. Nghia said.

Source: https://danviet.vn/supe-lam-thao-noi-nhieu-nguoi-lao-dong-mo-uoc-duoc-vao-lam-viec-20241112164352666.htm