Country: | Hong Kong |
Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council | |
Native Name Lang: | zh-Hant-HK |
Chairman: | Lee Kwok-keung |
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Headquarters: | Room 20, 4th floor, Yick Fat Building, 1048 King's Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island |
Affiliation1 Title: | Regional affiliation |
Affiliation1: | Pro-Kuomintang camp |
Membership: | 5,020 |
Membership Year: | 2019 |
Seats2 Title: | District Councils |
Colours: | Blue |
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.
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.