Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions
Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions 港九勞工社團聯會 | |
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Pro-Beijing camp | |
Colours | Green |
Legislative Council | 2 / 90
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District Councils | 3 / 470
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Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 港九勞工社團聯會 | ||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 勞聯 | ||||||||
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Politics and government of Hong Kong |
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The Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions (HKFLU), established in 1984, is the second largest trade union in
History
The FLU was established in November 1984 by 15,000 members, 13 trade unions and 4 labour organisations.
During the transition period of the
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 |
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1995 | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 / 60
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1 | 5th |
1998 | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 / 60
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– | 6th |
2000 | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 / 60
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0 | 7th |
2004 | – | – | 0 | 1 | 1 / 60
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0 | 6th | |
2008 | – | – | 0 | 1 | 1 / 60
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0 | 7th | |
2012 | – | – | 0 | 1 | 1 / 70
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0 | 10th | |
2016 | – | – | 0 | 1 | 1 / 70
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0 | 10th | |
2021 | – | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 / 90
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1 | 6th |
District Council elections
Election | Number of popular votes |
% of popular votes |
D.E.
seats |
E.C.
seats |
App.
seats |
Total elected seats |
+/− |
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2003 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 1 / 400
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0 | |
2007 | 1,339 | 0.12 | 1 | 0 | 1 / 405
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0 | |
2011 | 1,859 | 0.16 | 1 | 0 | 1 / 412
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0 | |
2015 | 3,168 | 0.22 | 1 | 1 / 431
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0 | ||
2019 | 1,734 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 / 452
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1 | ||
2023 | 12,436 | 1.06 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 / 470
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3 |
See also
- United Front Work Department
- United Front (China)
References
- ^ a b "勞聯簡介". The Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
- ^ 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.