TNAG-0234-FCO40-270-Labour-disputes-and-trade-unions-in-Hong-Kong-1970 — Page 77

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ROUTINE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER 473

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TO HONG KONG

15 JULY 1978

(HKD)

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FOLLOWING FROM FOGGON FOR HETHERINGTON. H.K. TELS NOS. 428 AND 437.

I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HELP IN CLARIFYING POSITION IN HONG

KONG REGARDING NEGOTIATIONS ON WAGES AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT,

SETTING ASIDE QUESTION OF QUOTE FORMAL RECOGNITION UNQUOTE, ARE THERE

EXAMPLES OF EMPLOYERS WHO IN PRACTICE AND WITHOUT SUCH FORMAL

RECOGNITION, ARE PREPARED TO DISCUSS WAGES WITH A REPRESENTATIVE

UNION? IS THIS WHAT IS MEANT BY QUOTE WORKING ARRANGEMENTS UNQUOTE

IN PARA 2 OF TEL. NO. 4287 IN PERIOD 1965-68 THERE ARE SEVERAL CASES

RECORDED IN APP. V OF THE ANNUAL DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS WHICH APPEAR

TO FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY.

2. DID COMMUNIST UNIONS IN CERTAIN OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES CONCLUDE

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS WITH THE EMPLOYERS CONCERNED BEFORE QUOTE

CONFRONTATION UNQUOTE?

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SIR L. MONSON

MR. WILFORD

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