Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
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Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
香港職工會聯盟 |
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| President | Pun Tin-chi |
| Chairperson | Carol Ng |
| General Secretary | Lee Cheuk-yan |
| Founded | July 1990 |
| Headquarters | 19/F, Wing Wong Building, 557-559 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
| Membership | 160,000 |
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Liberalism Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| International affiliation | ICFTU |
| Regional affiliation | Pan-democracy camp |
| Colours | Green |
| Legislative Council |
1 / 70
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| District Council |
2 / 458
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| Website | |
| www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 香港職工會聯盟 | ||||||||
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| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Hēung Góng Jīk Gūng Wuih Lyùhn Màhng |
| Jyutping | Hoeng1 Gong2 Zik1 Gung1 Wui6*2 Lyun4 Mang4 |
The Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU; Chinese: 香港職工會聯盟) is a pro-democracy labour and political group in the Hong Kong. It was established in 1990. It has 160,000 members in 61 affiliates (mainly trade unions in various sectors). and is active in the political arena in Hong Kong, and has representation in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) to challenge government policies and push for legal protection of worker and trade union rights. It is one of the two most influential labour groups in Hong Kong. (The other is the pro-Beijing Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions).
The principles put forward by the HKCTU are "Solidarity, Rice Bowl, Justice and Democracy". The group focuses on the rights and interests of workers, and the development of a democratic political system in Hong Kong. It calls for the right to collective bargaining and protection against dismissals for involvement in trade union activities.
Besides calling for universal suffrage of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong and LegCo, the group also supports pro-democracy movement in mainland China, including the struggle for independent trade unions. It participates in a number of human rights and labour rights networks to oppose the alleged suppression of labour movements in mainland China.
The Confederation was established in 1990 under the leadership of independent labour leader Lau Chin-shek. It was largely as a coalition of the "independent" and "politically" unaffiliated union organisations, most of which were new white-collar unions organising the civil service and professional or service employees in the public and subvented sectors, including the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union and the Hong Kong Social Workers General Union. The HKCTU has its roots in the Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee (HKCIC), a church-sponsored labour organisation largely involved in the grassroots movements in the 1970s and 1980s.
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