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Wednesday, May 2, 1973
UNION MEMBERSHIP INCREASES
More than 251,700 workers were members of the 280 registered
employees trade unions in Hong Kong at the end of last year, according
to figures released today by the Registrar of Trade Unions.
This was 31,116 more than the 1971 figure.
The declared membership of the 46 employers unions stood at
5,130 - up by 111
by 360 to 5,693.
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while that of the 12 mixed unions was down
The total number of registered trade unions at the end of 1972
was 338 with a total declared membership of 262,552.
During the first three months of this year, six employers unions
were added to the register while three were struck off.
The six new trade unions registered were the Hospital & Clinic
Nurses Association; the Hong Kong Commercial Aviation Association; the
Union of Employees of Housing Division, U.S.D.; the Government School
Non-Graduate Teachers' Union; the Housing Assistants Association and the
Housing Management Staff Union.
The three removed from the register were the Hong Kong and
Kowloon Shop-Fitting and Furnishing Workers General Union; the Civil
& Public Services Association, C.S.0.5. Hong Kong Branch; and the Hong
Kong & Kowloon "Tung-Shing" Caulking Trade Free Workers Union.
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