Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council
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| Full name | Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council |
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| Native name | 港九工團聯合總會 |
| Founded | September 1948 |
| Members | 30,000 |
| Affiliation | ITUC |
| Key people |
Tong Woon Fai, president Liew Nan Kiem, general secretary |
| Office location | Kowloon, Hong Kong |
| Country | Hong Kong |
The Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council is one of the three largest trade unions in Hong Kong, together with the pro-Beijing Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) and pro-democracy Confederation of Trade Unions (CTU). It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.
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 in 1985-1995, while another seat of the two was occupied by the FTU leader Tam Yiu-chung before the handover of Hong Kong in 1997.
References
- ICTUR et al.,, ed. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.