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"In addition, there should be procedural rules to cover such matters
as grievances."
Mr. Tsui said, "The organisation of workers' education and trade
union leadership is not the prerogative of any one institution or group
of institutions.
*The universities and post-secondary colleges can offer courses and
run seminar like this one. The Labour Department can explain the provisions
of the law through talks and the publication of guides and the trade unions
themselves can run their own classes. #
He emphasized that negotiation and bargaining processes required
skills which could only be acquired through experience and developed by
means of practice.
A Labour Department spokesman said that 24 guides to legislation
and other pamphlets on labour matters had been published by the department
and 38,000 were distributed last year.
In addition, 570 talks and lectures were given by officers of the
department in 1971. Subject matters covered by these talks included
industrial safety, labour relations, industrial health, labour statistics,
industrial training, employment services, employment of women and young
persons in industry, workmen's compensation and others.
More than 190 radio talks and television interviews had also been
given by officers of the department, he added.
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