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Unionised labour and Hong Kong’s Mass Transit Railway
Where are the people who run Hong Kong’s Mass Transit Railway, and are they organised into trade unions? I came across an interesting answer to this question the other day…
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Tagged Hong Kong, industrial relations, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, labour relations, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway
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US$500 a month and my chores are done?
If you spent yesterday with me wandering around Lamma Island, you might have seen some flyers like these, posted by Filipinas looking for work as domestic help. Buy why are there so many of them?