Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions

Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions
港九勞工社團聯會
AbbreviationFLU
ChairmanLam Chun-sing
FoundedNovember 1984 (1984-11)
Headquarters2/F, Fook Yiu Building,
6–8 Tai Po Road,
Sham Shui Po, Kowloon
Membership60,000
IdeologyConservatism (HK)
Labourism
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
Regional affiliationPro-Beijing camp
Colours  Green
Legislative Council
2 / 90
District Councils
3 / 470
Website
www.hkflu.org.hk
Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions
Traditional Chinese港九勞工社團聯會
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationGóng gáu lòuh gūng séh tyùhn lyùhn wuih
JyutpingGong2 gau2 lou4 gung1 se5 tyun4 lyun4 wui6*2
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese勞聯
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationLòuh lyùhn
JyutpingLou4 lyun4

The Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions (HKFLU), established in 1984, is the second largest trade union in Hong Kong, after the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, having 82 trade unions and more than 60,000 members in total.[1] The federation was established in 1984.

History

The FLU was established in November 1984 by 15,000 members, 13 trade unions and 4 labour organisations.[1] It remained fairly neutral between the two major trade unions, the pro-Taiwan right-wing Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council (TUC) and pro-Beijing left-wing Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU).

During the transition period of the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to People's Republic of China, the head of the Federation, Lee Kai-ming, was invited by Beijing to the Hong Kong Basic Law Consultative Committee, which was responsible for the drafts of Hong Kong Basic Law, the mini-constitution after 1997. Lee was elected as the member of the Legislative Council in 1995, along with Cheng Yiu-tong of the FTU, representing the Labour constituency. In 1996, Lee was member of the Preparatory Committee for the SAR and the Provisional Legislative Council (PLC), the interim legislature controlled by the Beijing government.

After the handover, the FLU retained one seat in the Labour constituency of the Legislative Council. Li Fung-ying, the then vice-chairman of the Federation was LegCo member until her retirement in 2012. She was succeeded by Poon Siu-ping who served until 2021. Chau Siu-chung is the FLU's current representative in the LegCo.

In April 2023, the FLU failed to gain police approval for a Labour Day march.[2]

Electoral performance

Legislative Council elections

Election Number of
popular votes
% of
popular votes
GC
seats
FC
seats
EC
seats
Total seats +/− Position
1995 0 1 0
1 / 60
1Increase 5thIncrease
1998 0 1 0
1 / 60
6thSteady
2000 0 1 0
1 / 60
0Steady 7thSteady
2004 0 1
1 / 60
0Steady 6thIncrease
2008 0 1
1 / 60
0Steady 7thIncrease
2012 0 1
1 / 70
0Steady 10thDecrease
2016 0 1
1 / 70
0Steady 10thIncrease
2021 0 1 1
2 / 90
1Increase 6thIncrease

District Council elections

Election Number of
popular votes
% of
popular votes
D.E.

seats

E.C.

seats

App.

seats

Total
elected seats
+/−
2003 1 0
1 / 400
0Steady
2007 1,339Steady 0.12Steady 1 0
1 / 405
0Steady
2011 1,859Increase 0.16Increase 1 0
1 / 412
0Steady
2015 3,168Increase 0.22Increase 1
1 / 431
0Steady
2019 1,734Decrease 0.06Decrease 0
0 / 452
1Decrease
2023 12,436Increase 1.06Increase 0 1 2
3 / 470
3Increase

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "勞聯簡介". The Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
  2. ^ Leung, Hillary (2023-04-17). "Pro-Beijing labour union calls off Labour Day march as Hong Kong police yet to issue approval". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 2023-04-22.