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TO ROUTINE HONG KONG TEL NO 195 OF 21 FEBRUARY. 1973.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 196: VISIT OF CLIVE JENKINS,
1. JENKINS, ACCOMPANIED BY ROBERT MCCUSKER, AN ASSISTANT GENERAL SECRETARY OF ASTMS, SAW MR ROYLE ON 20 FEBRUARY, AND MADE THE FOLLOWING POINTS:~
A) HIS UNION HAS BEEN ASKED TO ORGANISE IN HONG KONG LOCALLY ENGAGED BRITISH, CHINESE AND OTHER NATIONALITIES EMPLOYED BY BANKING, FINANCE AND INSURANCE INSTITUTIONS AND BY THE ELECTRICITY AND POWER UNDERTAKINGS, OTHER CONCERNS MENTIONED WERE SERVICE CANTEENS AND ENGINEERING FIRMS AND JENKINS MIGHT ALSO HAVE
HAD IN MIND CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF CIVIL SERVANTS.
D) MEMBERSHIP WOULD BE MAINLY AT FOREMAN/TECHNICIAN/SUPERVISOR LEVEL.
(C) APPROACH TO JENKINS AND HIS UNION SAID TO BE DUE TO DISCONTENT AT DETERIORATION IN TERMS OF SERVICE RESULTING FROM RISING COST OF LIVING.
(D) ORGANISATIONAL DIFFICULTIES ARE FORESEEN BY JENKINS OWING TO DISTANCE FROM PARENT UNION IN LONDON AND THE ASTMS WOULD WELCOME AND ADVANCE ASSURANCE THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BASED
ON RECOGNITION BY EMPLOYERS OF RESPONSIBLE AND REPRESENTATIVE
UNIONS OF WHITE-COLLAR WORKERS.
(E) THE ASTMS WOULD LIKE TO SEE NEW INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS LEGISLATION IN HONG KONG TO ESTABLISH, FIRSTLY, A BODY SIMILAR TO THE UK COMMISSION ON INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS FOR SETTLEMENT OF
RECOGNITION ISSUES AND, SECONDLY, AN ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL TO RESOLVE ISSUES VOLUNTARILY REFERRED BY ROTH PARTIES.
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