Macau Federation of Trade Unions explained

Macau Federation of Trade Unions
Lang1:Chinese
Name Lang1:Chinese: 澳門工會聯合總會
Lang2:Portuguese
Name Lang2:Portuguese: Federação das Associações dos Operários de Macau
President:Ho Sut Heng
Chairperson:Lee Chong Cheng
Colorcode:
  1. E42721
Headquarters:Federation of Trade Unions Building, 2–6 Rua da Ribeira do Patane, Macau
National:All-China Federation of Trade Unions
Affiliation1 Title:Regional affiliation
Affiliation1:Pro-Beijing
Membership:50,000+
Membership Year:2010
Position:Left-wing
Ideology:
Seats1 Title:Legislative Assembly
Colours: Red
Country:Macau
Order:ts
S:澳门工会联合总会
Y:Oumún Gūngwuih Lyùhnhahp Júng Wuih
P:Àomén Gōnghuì Liánhé Zǒng Huì
Also Known As:Abbreviation
T2:工聯總會
S2:工联总会
Y2:Gūng Lyùhn Júng Wuih
P2:Gōng Lián Zǒng Huì
Por:Federação das Associações dos Operários de Macau

The Macau Federation of Trade Unions (MFTU) is a pro-Beijing, leftist, labour and political group in Macau.[1] It is the largest and most influential labour group in the city, with over 50,000 members in 43 associated trade unions.[2] Presided by Ho Sut Heng[3] and chaired by Lee Chong Cheng,[4] it currently holds four seats in the Legislative Assembly.[5]

History

The MFTU and a few other pro-Beijing organisations formed an electoral alliance named the "Union for Development" in the run-up to the 1992 legislative and municipal elections.

The MFTU is one of the three major pro-Beijing organisations which have dominated politics in Macau since the 1999 handover, the other two being the Macau Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the General Union of Neighbourhood Associations of Macau.[6]

Four members of the MFTU were elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2021 legislative election. They were Lam Lon Wai, Lei Chan U, Ella Lei Cheng I, and Leong Sun Iok.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Yang . Mingyu . Lin . Zhongxuan . Wu . Mingxuan . Liao . Zhihui . Li . Zhanpeng . Lü . Kaiyan . Wang . Hongyu . Ma . Tianlong . zh:澳門政經二十年 . Twenty Years of Macau Politics and Economics . 16 March 2022 . Wu-Nan Book Inc. . 978-626-317-669-0 . https://books.google.com/books?id=UiB1EAAAQBAJ . zh-hant . 122.
  2. Web site: Macau Workers' Organizations . www.ilo.org . International Labour Organization . en . 15 June 2010.
  3. News: Meneses . João Paulo . Special Report – 'The Future is Feminist' . 21 September 2022 . Macau Business . 29 August 2020.
  4. News: China: Macau Federation of Trade Unions needs change . International Labour Organization . February 2011.
  5. News: Moura . Nelson . Trade union federation legislators request for some restrictions under labour law proposal to be removed . 22 September 2022 . Macau Business . 14 June 2022.
  6. Book: Ip . Eric C. . Hybrid Constitutionalism: The Politics of Constitutional Review in the Chinese Special Administrative Regions . 25 April 2019 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-107-19492-2 . 192 . 30 September 2022 . en.