Political situation
Written by: Zhou Lixi
2020-06-18 20:02
Date of last update: 2020-06-18 21:52The "Two Million Three Strikes Union Front" and "Secondary Student Action Preparation Platform" launched the referendum on strike strikes against the National Security Law the day after (20th). The Workers' Union also announced its response to the referendum and held an intention to vote against the National Security Law for members of the Workers' Union on the same day.
Yan Wuzhou, chairman of the new civil servants’ union, said that the Chief Executive, Lin Zhengyue, also welcomed comments from all sectors of society on the National Security Law. He believed that civil servants also have this right and called on the government to respect it. He emphasized that what was held on Saturday was only a union event, not a strike. Their union vote also only asked how civil servants affected their interests, not against the National Security Law.
Hebei 60,000 people voted 80% of the union reached 60% of the threshold of support strike
The United Front aims for a minimum of 60,000 people to participate in the referendum, and received 60% of the votes to support the strike. They pointed out that if 80% of the trade unions reached the threshold for their respective strikes, they would start a joint strike plan.
Zheng Yanqi, chairman of the Employee Association of Social and Political Organizations, said that outside reactions were better than he had imagined. The number of unions participating in this operation has increased to 30. He pointed out that the number of members of social and political trade unions has increased by 70%.
Several unions plan to launch a referendum on June 20 to vote on whether to strike. (Photo by Li Zetong)
Miss Xie, chairman of the Hong Kong Public Relations and Communications Industry General Union, said that the referendum on strikes and strikes responded enthusiastically. She pointed out that this joint referendum included two bills, namely "whether to oppose the implementation of the Hong Kong version of the National Security Law in Hong Kong" and "whether to authorize the Council to launch industrial actions to prevent the implementation of the National Security Law". She said that the front aims at 60,000 total votes and 60% support the strike. Ms. Xie said that two weeks ago, the number of members was 10,000, and currently there are about 14,000. She hopes to call on more people to join the union on the same day. She also said that she had arranged for volunteers and pickets to maintain order on the day of the restraint order, and reiterated her hope that the police would respect it.
10 vote stations, 13 MP offices can vote and join unions on the spot
The United Front has arranged 10 ticket stations and 13 parliamentary offices as ticket stations. Of these, 28 unions will use the main auditorium in the underground hall at 89 Pugang Village Road, Ciyun Mountain. Miss Xie pointed out that in addition to physical votes, they also arranged an electronic voting system for those who have joined the union. She explained that participants will then vote through the lithographic computer provided by the conference. The relevant equipment has completed the stress test of network security, and the system will not record the voting intentions of individual members.
The new civil servant union chairman Yan Wuzhou said that his union will continue to participate in relevant actions, emphasizing that the union has no predetermined position and no wording against national security legislation, but believes that the Legislative Council actually affects the work of civil servants. He emphasized that civil servants, as the largest employees in Hong Kong, would be justified if they did not defend their rights and interests, and hoped that the Government would respect them.
Zhang Zhiwei, vice chairman of the External Affairs of the Hong Kong Social Workers Union, pointed out that the social welfare community has discussed the national security law a lot. Recently, a social worker colleague was sentenced to work poorly, but the colleague was only doing humanitarian support work, and did not stop the police from performing his duties , And social workers have an obligation to protect justice.
Staff Union Secretary Wang Yulai pointed out that many workers recently asked if they could join the referendum, but since they are not part of the 30 trade unions of the Front, they hoped that they would express their opinions and the staff union held an intention referendum in the Yau Ma Tei office.
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Zheng Jialang, a spokesperson for the Action Preparation Platform for Middle School Students, said that since the government has repeatedly spoken out to intimidate students and condemn the referendum, he believes that there will be more red lines and restraints after the National Security Law is enacted. He pointed out that the details of each ticket station have been published online, and students must have a student ID and identification documents to prove that the students are not duplicated.
Ms. Xie, chairman of the Hong Kong Public Relations and Communications Industry General Union, pointed out that volunteers and pickets had been arranged to maintain order on the day of the restraint order, and reiterated the hope that the police would respect it. (Photo by Li Zetong)
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