The labor sector suggested to the first-selected people that the political platform aims to make workers earn enough to support their families in 8 hours

The Federation of Trade Unions, the Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions and the Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Federation of Trade Unions have issued a joint platform with a number of civil service unions and put forward seven-point labor-related suggestions, expressing that they will actively lobby the Legislative Council and Chief Executive election candidates to become candidates. The labor policy platform to improve labor protection.

The Federation of Trade Unions, the Hong Kong and Kowloon Federation of Labour, the Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Trade Unions, and various civil service unions have put forward a joint platform, hoping that the Legislative Council and the Chief Executive candidate can adopt it to improve labor protection.

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Resolve working poverty and reduce social welfare expenditure

The joint platform recommends that the government should take the initiative to improve the quality of employment and solve the problem of poverty at work. It believes that the goal of labor policy is that wage earners can support themselves and their families with 8-hour income, rather than the current need to work overtime to support their families. Therefore, the government should take proactive measures. Employment measures, vigorously develop the economy, promote re-industrialization and connect with the Greater Bay Area, create more high-quality jobs and upper-class space, and encourage employment with reasonable guarantees. In addition to solving the problem of Relief for work", thereby reducing social welfare expenditure.

Urge to review the outsourcing system to increase the number of civil servants

A union representative mentioned that the new crown epidemic affects the economy, but the FEHD’s outsourcing work is still increasing by 8% year-on-year. They believe that the government’s long-term outsourcing has brought about a bad atmosphere, and that the problem of outsourcing is more serious than that of outsourcing. Income and life of basic-level wage earners.

There will be a large number of infrastructure and development projects in Hong Kong in the future. Some union representatives pointed out that the workload of civil servants is huge, but the current establishment has not increased. "Achieving a family-free life" will undermine the morale of civil servants. I hope that the government will review the manpower.

Participants also pointed out that the Tsang Yam-kuen government introduced a five-day work week 12 years ago, but there are still 25% of the establishment that has not been implemented, involving more than 40,000 civil servants. They hope that the next government will implement it to the end.

Improving the housing problem means that high property prices and rents affect living standards

Regarding the living of working people, the political platform proposes to improve the housing problem.

The chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions, Huang Guo, pointed out that workers living in subdivided houses are under great pressure. The subdivided houses with rents of 5,000 to 7,000 yuan are small in size and the living environment is not good.

And Guo Weiqiang, a member of the Legislative Council of the Federation of Trade Unions, mentioned that the length of working hours in Hong Kong is related to the cost of living, which means that wage earners have to sacrifice rest time to work overtime to support family expenses, which will degrade the quality of life.

He also said that property prices and rents are out of line with wage earners' income, so housing is the key to solving the poverty problem.

Advocate the establishment of a long-term unemployment protection system that can be taxed as starting capital

The political platform also mentions labor protection and proposes the establishment of a long-term unemployment protection system. This refers to the fact that more than 70 countries around the world, including Australia, New Zealand, Japan, etc., have relevant systems, and it is also suggested that special taxes can be levied as starting funds.

Huang Guo hopes that the new government needs more work, and the new parliament also needs to focus more on people's livelihood. He pointed out that the labor sector has 60 seats in the election committee and will promote their platform to candidates in the Legislative Council election and the chief executive election.

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