The new civil servants' union is dissolved before the oath is expected to be unable to stay in the government

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Author: Zheng Baosheng

2021-01-16 22:37

Last update date: 2021-01-16 22:37

The new civil servants' union established in the anti-amendment incident in 2019 was announced today (16th) evening.

The revision of the Fugitive Offenders Regulations in mid-2019 triggered a series of conflicts. Civil servants of many government departments issued open letters expressing their concerns about the incident and urged the government to establish an independent investigation committee.

On the evening of August 2, a group of civil servants gathered in Chater Garden, Central, marking the first civil servant gathering in Hong Kong history to express their demands to the government.

In September of the same year, Yan Wuzhou, a civil servant who participated in the rally, established a new civil servants' union to express opinions and fight for rights and interests. Members will be recruited from November.

Until recently, the government announced that civil servants need to take an oath, and the union rarely expressed an opinion.

Trade union directors are under pressure, "not being able to comment is already a comment"

Union Chairman Yan Wuzhou pointed out that they had collected civil servants’ doubts about the oath early on, and they had also relayed their opinions to the government.

Yan Wuzhou said that his major consideration is the personal safety of union directors and the information of members.

Therefore, it is inappropriate to do something that he has already expressed his position, and that it takes a huge risk to make a comment. He thinks it is inappropriate, and said that sometimes "cannot comment" is already a kind of comment.

Yan Wuzhou said that since its establishment, the trade union has been criticized from all sides. It is rare for a trade union to develop into a trade union with thousands of people. However, at the same time, the trade union has been facing the problem of shortage of manpower. Unimaginable.

Civil servants will swear an oath. Yan believes that according to the government, union directors may not be able to stay in the government, which means that they will lose their qualifications as union members and directors. Therefore, they must process union members' data and materials during this period.

In order to protect member information, he said that dissolving the union is a helpless but necessary approach.

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The new civil servants’ union has always been regarded as opponents by pro-government people. In mid-June last year, the trade union treasurer, Lai Jiaxin, was unable to "seat upright" in the result of the promotion. Already "sit upright".

Lai Jiaxin revealed in the middle of last year that when she was summoned by a boss, she asked her, "Is it not politically neutral, are you looking for someone to join the company?" Some department bosses asked her who she would eat lunch with.

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