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January - March 2004


Quarterly English-language Bulletin of HKCTU

 



 

 

Welcome to the homepage of HKCTU!

What's New?

MONTHLY INFO - HKCTU Main Activities in this month [May, 2005]
[May 07, 2005]

HKCTU comments the implementation of ICESCR in HK (2005)   [April 30, 2005]

HKCTU statement condemns the continued lack of democracy in appointing the new Chief Executive for Hong Kong.    [March 21, 2005]

Play Fair at Olympics 
An international campaign to advocate workers' rights in sportswear industry. For more details, please  visit



May Day Rally and March in Hong Kong    [May 21, 2004]

1989-2004 June 4 Anniversary 15 Years of Struggleay Day March  
[May 14, 2004]


 

May Day March    [April 19, 2004]

Fireworks Tragedy Reinforces Case for Change
In conjunction with our sister organisations in the international labour movement, the IHLO is campaigning to bring attention to the appalling safety record of the fireworks industry on the mainland. Click here to join the fight. 

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[November 22, 2003]

July action for people's democracy
[September 19, 2003]

PEOPLE POWER VICTORY ON NATIONAL SECURITY BILL
[September 9, 2003]

DAB and FTU were the big Losers
[September 9, 2003]

HKCTU submission and observation to the ILO/CFA in preparation for the next ILC Agenda - Legislation on Article 23 and its effects on Freedom of Association in Hong Kong and mainland China  [September 4, 2003]



August 2003

{500K March Against Article 23} (MV)  [July 17, 2003]

{Hongkongers Have Made the History of People's Power} (MV)
 
[July 7, 2003]

500,000 take to the streets [July 7, 2003]

Extra-ordinary General Meeting [Jun 27, 2003]

Immediately Release Yao Fuxin and Xiao Yunliang
Petition outside China Liaison Office in Hong Kong
[Jun 24, 2003]



May 2003

Due to economic recession and the atypical pneumonia called severe acute respiratory syndrome [Jun 3, 2003]


"We Don't Want Blood-stained Coal" [Jun 2, 2003]


2003 Labor Day Rally [May 16, 2003]

58% of Workers will spend less during Easter Holidays [April 29, 2003]

Reading the Sign: The WTO and Chinese Workers: Year One [Jan 7, 2003]

Union Action September 2002:Building Workers' Rights - Construction Workers Fight for Unpaid Wages and Jobs

"No to pay cut legislation!
Collective bargaining rights now!"
35,000 civil servants rally in protest against pay cuts
[July 7, 2002]

Union Action June 2002: 'Rule by Tycoon' Consolidated: The new ministerial system promises accountability without democracy

"A major defeat for workers struggling for freedom of association in China" - HKCTU statement concerning the ACFTU's election as a Worker Deputy Member in the ILO Governing Body [June 12 , 2002]

ACFTU 'represents' workers in ILO [June 11, 2002]

Over 40,000 rally to remember June 4 [June 4, 2002]

A new web site dedicated to the struggle of workers in mainland China in the Spring of 1989 and the ongoing fight for independent trade unions.
Click here to go to the Workers Remember web site.


MAY DAY RALLY - "NO to Unemployment! NO to Exploitation!"

[May 1, 2002]

Fight for minimum wage law continues [April 25, 2002]

'Tribute to the Dead, Fight with the Living' - 7th International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured Workers - April 28
[April 2002]

Joint Statement Against Proposed Anti-Terrorism Laws in Hong Kong [April 2002]

From Silence to Outcry! A new documentary video on the industrial action by the ISS/MTR cleaning workers in Hong Kong [April 2002]

Hong Kong SAR: Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Union Rights
[April 2002]

Working Women Fight - For Equality! Dignity! Independence!
International Women's Day
[March 2002]

HKCTU and the Pro-democracy movement

Union Action March 2002: Whose Voices? While the Beijing elite and HK billionaires re-appoint Tung Chee Hwa, another round of attacks on the public sector begins

Welcome address to the first ICFTU China Working Party meeting by Lee Cheuk-yan, HKCTU General Secretary [March 2002]


September 2002

*Click to download the 'no photos' version in PDF format

Building Workers' Rights - Construction Workers Fight for Unpaid Wages and Jobs, pp.1-3

High rate of industrial accidents in the construction industry, p.3

Last Orders - As Restaurants Close, Workers Fight for Unpaid Wages, p.4

Union Puts Forward Proposals for Government Action on Unemployment, p.5

School Workers Organise New Union, p.5

35,000 civil servants rally against pay cuts, pp.6-7

New Law on Sedition/Subversion Threatens Freedom of Expression, p.8

International Day of Action for the Release of Liaoyang Workers, p.8


Our Principles

Solidarity we believe that solidarity is strength

Rice Bowl we fight for workers' rights & livelihood, and the improvement of working & living conditions

Justice we have a responsibility to defend social justice, to reduce the gap between rich and poor, and fight for the redistribution of wealth

Democracy workers' rights and democracy are inseparable; without genuine democratic institutions working class people will always be excluded from the decisions that affect them and will face repression of their rights