CO129-505-4 Labour situation in Canton and effect on Hong Kong- Labour Advisory Board 27-1-1927 - 31-8-1927 — Page 77

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and on the 5th January the Council issued a

notification, of which I attach a translation

taken from the Kan Amok Yat No of the 6th January,

promulgating "temporary regulations for the

prevention of dispute between labour and capital

I attach a note

in the province of Kuang-tung".

indicating the principal amendments made by the

Council in the original draft.

2. It is of interest to observe that the

Canton Soviet, considering a strike to be "a

legitimate method of securing improved conditions

for workmen", and with the avowed object of

insuring the success of strikes, prohibits mantars

of shops or factories from employing striks-

breakers (see regulation.1), and also requires

workmen on strike to be paid by their masters for

the period of the strike (see regulation.35).

The Government further sins in regulation .4

at protecting "the organization and unity of the

labour unions". un the other hand, in group L

of the regulations the object of the Government is

to curb the lawless tyra nny of the Labour Unions.

The intention of group C of the regulations is to

protect small handicraftsmen" from undue

interference by Labour Unions on the occasion of

a strike, and the regulations in group D (specially

added by the Provincial Council itself; is to

safeguard "essential industries",

3. The par si stent labour agitation in Chinese

territory, of which geographically speaking this

Colony