1. Country Report: Hong Kong SAR, China
Mr Yau Chi Hang
Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions

2. Opportunities and Challenges
Basic statistics
Labour force: (61.6% of total population) (6-8/2015)
Male participation rate: 69.5%, Female: 55.1%
Employed persons:
Unemployment rate: 3.3%
No. of Employee Unions: 819
Total union members: (Until 31 December 2014) Unionization rate: 23.24%
Memebers of HKCTU: (Until 3 Match 2014)
Opportunities and Challenges
Aging members and union leaders
Difficult to organize precarious workers
Difficult to improve Labour Laws (e.g. CBR and working hour laws) because of no real democracy in HK ( executive system and legislative system)

3. Bargaining right Trade union right
There was CBR law in 1997, however it was abolished by the pro-business legislative members. As no CBR protection, unions and workers could seldom get reasonable pay rise, many employers refuse to recognize unions.
Trade union right
Workers have no legal right for reinstatement, so many workers reluctant to participate unions as they are afraid of losing jobs.

4. Major issues of unions
CBR Laws: Signing collective agreements: Although no CBA laws, several unions got the collective agreements with employers, Unions from Coca- Cola, Nestle and one social services institution obtained union recognition
Legal right for reinstatement
Labour protection for workers without continuous contract