In this issue: Free all HK political prisoners | HK Labour Rights Newsflash | HK Diaspora Trade Unionists | International Solidarity | Event Recap
In East and Southeast Asian traditions, the Mid-Autumn Festival (29/9) is a time for family reunion. On this Mid-Autumn Festival, our thoughts go to all the political prisoners, including Lee Cheuk-yan, Former General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), Carol Ng, Former Chairperson of HKCTU and Winnie Yu, Former Chairperson of the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance (HAEA).
HK Labour Rights Newsflash
- Hong Kong’s talent attraction scheme under fire for lack of regulation < Read more >
- 9,000+ applications received for construction and transport sector under relaxed labour import scheme equivalent to half of the quotas < Read more >
- Hong Kong’s top court rejects Lee Cheuk Yan’s final appeal in COVID-related case < Read more >
- Know your rights | Do you get paid for vacation days if you quit? (Chinese only) < Read more >
International Solidarity
“Democracy and Human Rights Without Borders” online event
In mid-September, HKLRM’s Executive Director Christopher Mung attended an online event “Democracy and Human Rights Without Borders” organised by Japan-based Attac-Japan, JCA-NET and the “Asia Initiative for the Future” powered by Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, University of Tokyo.
Event Recap
Labour Rights Talk for Hongkongers and Exhibition
We took the workers rights discussion and exhibition to Manchester and Birmingham in September. We want to do similar events across southern England and Wales. If you would like to co-host an event in your area, please email us at [email protected] !
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In solidarity,
Hong Kong Labour Rights Monitor