Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council

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Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council
港九工團聯合總會
Chairman Lee Kwok-keung
FoundedSeptember 1948 (1948-09)
HeadquartersRoom 20, 4th floor, Yick Fat Building, 1048 King's Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island
Membership (2019)Decrease2.svg 5,020
Ideology
Regional affiliation Pro-Kuomintang camp
Colours  Blue
Legislative Council
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District Councils
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The Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council is the third largest trade union federation in Hong Kong, after the Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) and pro-Beijing Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions (FLU). It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.

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HKTUC has been pro-Kuomintang, one of the main political parties of the Republic of China, since its establishment in 1948 and has maintained a close relationship with the party. [1] It was the biggest rival to the leftist trade unions FTU and was seen as a rightist union. The former leader of the union, Pang Chun-hoi was the Legislative Council member for the Labour constituency from 1985 to 1995, while another seat of the two was occupied by the FTU leader Tam Yiu-chung before the handover of Hong Kong in 1997.

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Citations

  1. "Hong Kong | LO TCO Biståndsnämnd". Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2008.

Sources

  • ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN   0-9543811-5-7.