First,
trade
welfare of its
unions are set up to promote the and
members to fight for their rights. То
achieve the objectives,
make
reach this gbal | the trade union will have to exert its
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political
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effort in
different
ways.
One of the avenues
is
reasons
We
have no right to deprive
participation, policies,
them
the trade unions of their right to promote the welfare and
political
rights of their members through participation.
ities The amendment Bill does nothing more than to
politiesTM
give the trade unions a right that they should have long
been entitled to. In fact, I share the views of the United
In fact,
Kingdom Government
in
amending
their trade union
legislation in 1913.
with the development of social form,
Second, our society is changing the society of
now
Hong Kong is not taking a much more liberal attitude
towards political participation. We hope that it will
lead
to
democratisation.
In
the
process
of
democratisation, trade unions in fact have played a part for instance, in the functional, constituency elections
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Legislative Council in 1985, the labour sector took up two
seats. Trade unions can elect members to the Legislative
there are representatives of trade unions Council. Besides in district board elections he trade
ontative as well. This being the case, t
are not allowed
allowing trade unions to establish an electoral fund or
allocate their
not allowing it to allocating funds for election expenses,
it will not keep abreast with society and incoordinatin
in fact
will surface.
and a lack of harmony,
WICH CHIS DEVELOP
Incoordination
tack of harmony arises from
the fact that on the one hand, trade unions are allowed to
but
to
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the
they are restricted in
take part in elections, at on the other hand, restricted
then its actual operation in electioneering.
absurd.
This
is rather
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