TNAG-0648-FCO40-796-Study-of-labour-relations-in-Hong-Kong-by-Professor-H-A-Turn-1977 — Page 87

Annex 1

Hong Kongd Trade Union Membership as at 31.12.75*

I. Declared membership:

Total

+ or in past year

S

Federation of Trade Unions (FTU)

211,866

+27,426

Trades Union Council (TUC)

33,391

+ 1,317

Independent unions:

Friendly to FTU

56,377

+ 9,465

Friendly to TUC

5,041

268

Friendly to neither

54,787

+ 6,670

361,462

+44,610

II. Faid-up membership:

Total

+ or in past year

Federation of Trade Unions (FTU)

162,969

+14,736

Trades Union Council (TUC)

25,443

1,053

Independent unions:

Friendly to FTU

42,022

+ 5,794

Friendly to TUC

4,030

258

Friendly to neither

49,276

+ 5,696

283,740

+24,915

Notes:

The Federation of Trade Unions (FIU) is a left-wing grouping of unions which is "Peking-aligned".

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2. The Trades Union Council (TUC) is right-wing and KMT (Taiwan) aligned.

* Figures for 1976 are not yet available