Subject
Threatened
Industrial Action
by Immigration Officers
(SM 4/28 (89) II)
Object
To settle the dispute
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Latest Position
The Immigration Service Officers Association petitioned Government House on 24.3.90 to protest against the disparity in pay between them and their counterparts in CSD and C&E. They also threatened to take industrial action should the Administration fail to give
to give them a satisfactory reply within two months. The actions would include :-
(a)
(b)
non-performance of clerical duties;
non-performance of new duties such as processing applications for British Nationality and mandatory repatriation of VBPs;
(c) taking leave en masse.
Departmental management is preparing a submission to the Standing Committee and Contingency arrangements are being planned.
Threatened
Industrial Action by Foremen of
Urban Services Department
(SM 4/57)
To settle the dispute
The Foremen (General Duty Teams) on hawker control duties requested certain improvements to their salary scale, and their special duty allowance as well as a re-structuring of the General Duty Teams. They held а press conference on 29.3.90 demanding a reply within 14 days failing which they might take industrial action. USD is considering a suitable response to staff.