CO129-623-1 Rubber Industry- report and correspondence on the labour situation 1-4-1950 - 31-1-1951 — Page 26

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Hoi Chise, the Signatory

visited the Hung Keong factory at the suggestion of Fung Hoi Chin,

of the

lette

from the Hong Kong

and Kowloon T.U.C. They

a

Labour Office

who

Occasions

acted as

were

accompanied by

interpreter. The management of the ●

all facilities for the visit which was conducted in a atmosphere. In one

factory gave friendly atmosphere.

were

Was

two cases

completely

piece workers were asked to what they

day, explaining that business

earning. They gave figures of 80 or 90 cents

very poor workers. So for

of

and there

was

very

a

little work to be divided amongst all of the

as is known the ICFTU.

did not take

!CFTU, delegates

or the workers.

earnings with either the management

वै Late in the evening of & Juesday

of the factory

the closure of the

and the factory gates.

Ou

Saturday

the 12th

notice. In making

ир

the question

the 8th August, the management

and posted notices

announced

to this effect outside the head office

This notice announced that all worker would be paid off

August

and would receive

this announcement

Factory Management

was

acting

there is

one

мой

i

days pay in lean of

no doubt whatsoever that the

under the direct orders of the Managing

Director, transmitted from Kuala Lumpur. The local

in the

malte

at all

There is

of

knew

Manager before the losure

management had no say that the factory

reason to believe that the

the decision to close the factory

guing ang

advance

was put

Catween two and three weeks

the was, however, oqueadly debared from

He

put into effect. notice to the workers because the Managing Director

The Factory Manager

feared that damage might be done to the machinery. He states that he

endeavoured to secure relaxation of this order but his efforts

were in vain.

caused considerable consternation

Inevitably

the sudden closure

as a

Highligting

lock out.

both sides meeting

to discuss the situation

among

the workers and it

An immediate appeal to the Labour

appears

that

they regarded the closure

Dept

but

resulted in

the

workers representativer - particularly those representing

the