Annex 1
Hong Kongd Trade Union Membership as at 31.12.75*
I. Declared membership:
Total
+ or in past year
S
Federation of Trade Unions (FTU)
211,866
+27,426
Trades Union Council (TUC)
33,391
+ 1,317
Independent unions:
Friendly to FTU
56,377
+ 9,465
Friendly to TUC
5,041
268
Friendly to neither
54,787
+ 6,670
361,462
+44,610
II. Faid-up membership:
Total
+ or in past year
Federation of Trade Unions (FTU)
162,969
+14,736
Trades Union Council (TUC)
25,443
1,053
Independent unions:
Friendly to FTU
42,022
+ 5,794
Friendly to TUC
4,030
258
Friendly to neither
49,276
+ 5,696
283,740
+24,915
Notes:
The Federation of Trade Unions (FIU) is a left-wing grouping of unions which is "Peking-aligned".
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2. The Trades Union Council (TUC) is right-wing and KMT (Taiwan) aligned.
* Figures for 1976 are not yet available