Father's Day｜The Workers’ Union calls on the statutory holidays to be uniform on the 17th

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Written by: Ma Weijie

2021-06-19 17:58

Last update date: 2021-06-19 17:58

The Trade Union established a street station in Mong Kok today (19th), requesting that the number of statutory holiday days be increased to 17 days as soon as possible, so that the labor leave is in line with the bank period; it also opposes the LAB’s management representative’s earlier "holiday, hard work and rework". Criticizes his remarks for being mean and ignoring the needs of workers.

As a father, Mr. Chen (in white) believes that "doing hard work does not mean that we should not do it." He pointed out that although caring for children is hard, it still has value and fun as a time to spend with family members.

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Today (19) is the eve of Father’s Day, the Trade Union set up a street stop on the footbridge in Mong Kok, requesting the government to increase the number of statutory holiday days to 17 days as soon as possible, so that the traditional labor holiday and public holiday can be unified as 17 days, allowing workers Classes can get equal treatment.

The Union of Trade Unions distributed leaflets on the flyover and called on passing citizens to vote with stickers on whether they support the increase in statutory holidays.

Mr. Ye believes that increasing the labor leave to 17 days is a normal benefit.

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Two years plus one public holiday, the progress is slow, and the 17th will be standardized as soon as possible

The temporary acting chairman of the Trade Union, Huang Yuyuan, pointed out that the current government’s increase of labor leave by Fang An will increase by one day every two years. In other words, it will take ten years to increase from the original 12 days to the 17 days of public holidays. It is expected that the labor leave will be in 2030. Only then can it reach the 17th of the current public holiday.

The trade union believes that the progress is too slow and demanded to speed up the progress and increase the number of statutory holidays as soon as possible to 17 days.

On the eve of Father's Day, the Trade Union set up a street stop at the footbridge in Mong Kok, asking the government to increase the number of statutory holidays to 17 days as soon as possible.

(Photo by Ma Weijie)

Criticizing Guo Zhenhua's remarks for ignoring the needs of the working class

In addition, Guo Zhenhua, the management representative of the LAB, made a speech in May in the "City Forum" on the Hong Kong and Taiwan program, "Take a rest and work hard and rework". He said that if he takes a five-day holiday, he needs to take care of the children at home. It's harder.

The Confederation of Trade Unions criticized its harsh remarks and ignoring the needs of the working class, saying that many fathers hope to spend their holidays with their children.

The Trade Union urges passing citizens to vote with stickers on whether they support the increase in statutory holidays.

(Photo by Ma Weijie)

Don’t work hard, don’t mean you should have value in getting along with your family

Mr. Chen, who supported increasing the number of statutory holidays as soon as possible to the 17th, also opposed Guo Zhenhua’s remarks. As a father, Mr. Chen believed that “you should not take care of your children.” He pointed out that although taking care of children is hard, it is important for family members. The time spent together still has its value and fun.

Mr. Chen also pointed out that the employers had their own excuses for many years to oppose the working class to fight for welfare. As long as they had no interest in the employers, they would oppose it. He even thought that most of the labor laws are "helping the elderly more than the workers.

Regarding that it takes ten years to increase the statutory holiday to 17 days, Mr. Chen believes that the progress is not satisfactory, but it is "better than nothing."

On the eve of Father's Day, the Trade Union set up a street stop at the footbridge in Mong Kok, asking the government to increase the number of statutory holidays to 17 days as soon as possible.

(Photo by Ma Weijie)

It's human nature to need to rest after hard work

Miss Liu, who took labor leave, also opposed Guo Zhenhua’s remarks. She believed that it should not be up to the employer to assert whether the leave would be harder than work. She pointed out that it is natural to take a rest after hard work, and for some types of work that requires more manual labor. It is definitely helpful to have a holiday for them to rest. Mr. Ye believes that increasing the labor leave to 17 days is a normal benefit, so he supports increasing the labor leave to 17 days. However, he also pointed out that some people who calculate their salary on a daily basis would hope to do so. There are more working days.

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