Hong Kong protests: why trade unions have mushroomed as demonstrators push for workers’ rights

Rebel City: Hong Kong’s Year of Water and Fire is a new book of essays by the South China Morning Post chronicling the political crisis triggered by the now-withdrawn extradition bill which marked its first anniversary this week.  News emerged this week that the leader of a new civil servant union which mobilised government staff against the extradition bill has been demoted at the Labour Department. This is the latest excerpt from the book which explains how a trade union movement has erupted…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3088938/hong-kong-protests-why-trade-unions-have-mushroomed