TRADE UNIONS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988
The Secretary for Education and Manpower moved the Second Reading of : 'A Bill
to amend the Trade Unions Ordinance'.
He said: sic,
сар
I
доте that the Trade Unions (Amendment)
Bill 1988
be read a second time. Second time.
Section 34 of the Trade Unions Ordinance prohibits
the
use
of trade union
funds
for
political purposes.
In
1985 when employee trade unions were included as 'electors
in
the
Labour
for functional constituency
the Legislative
Council elections,
many
union
Leaders
asked
for
this
prohibition to
be relaxed.
Following discussions with
the
then UMELCO,
we
a gave
to commitment
exclude
from the
prohibition
constituency
to donations
candidates
standing in
any
established
for the purpose of returning a
member of the Legislative Council. Subsequently, a group of
сар
union
leaders
suggested
that the
relaxation should be
ic
extended to allow the use of union funds for distric
for District Board
le
and Municipal Councils elections.
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