THE LABOUR SITUATION IN HONG KONG
Brief for the Meeting of Lord Shepherd with
a Joint Delegation of Trade Union Organisations
on Tuesday, 9th April, 1968.
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The request for an interview derives largely from the initiative
(OF ITEWF)
of Mr. Greenhalgh, who indicated some months ago that such an approach
has
Critic
He been
He has ten a strong a
could be expected from the Trades Union Congress. critical of the long hours women and young persons would work in Hong Kong, industry, cord Composition of Joint Delegation
LIKELY
The joint delegation is to comprise -
(i) The International Textile and
Garment Workers Federation
(ii) The International Transport
Workers Federation
(iii) Public Services International
(iv) The International Trade
national Secretariat
bosetén on that subset.
The General Secretary
(it. Greenhalgh).
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General Secretary, .C. BLYTH & Mr. H. LEWS. The General Secretary
(M. BARAZEFTI)
Mr. E. Thornton, General Secretary of the Rochdale Weavers and Winders Association
(v) The International Confederation
of Free Trades Union
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The Assistant General Secretary.
(vi) The Trades Union Congress
Trade Unions in Hong Kong
Mr. M. Paladino, and Mr. A.K. Mukherjee
- A representative still to he
nonimated.
3. With the exception of a small neutral and independent segment,
workers' unions are organised into two political groups the Federation
of Trade Unions (communist and Peking controlled) and the Trades Union
Council (K.M.T. dominated). / Although the number of unions sympathetic to
Although
the T.U.C. far exceeds those adhering to the F.T.U., both the declared and
estimated paid up membership figures of the T.U.C. are in fact substantially
lower. The T.U.C. is affiliated to the International Confederation of
have been Free Trade Unions and two international trade secreta
retariats active in
Hong Kong, i.e. the International Transport Workers Federation (I.T.F.)
and the International Textile and Garment Workers Federation (I.T.G.W.F.).
4.
Lenly occasionally do the FTV & TVC and their constituency unions
function as effective organisations and then never in concert since
/co-operation