Macau Federation of Trade Unions

Labour and political group in Macau

Macau Federation of Trade Unions

Chinese name| 澳門工會聯合總會
Portuguese name| Federação das Associações dos Operários de Macau
President| Ho Sut Heng
Chairperson| Lee Chong Cheng
Founded| 20 January 1950; 75 years ago (1950-01-20)
Headquarters| Federation of Trade Unions Building, 2–6 Rua da Ribeira do Patane, Macau
Membership (2010)| 50,000+
Ideology|

* Socialism with Chinese Characteristics
* Socialist patriotism

Political position| Left-wing
National affiliation| All-China Federation of Trade Unions
Regional affiliation| Pro-Beijing
Colours|  Red
Legislative Assembly|

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Website
www.faom.org.mo

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Macau Federation of Trade Unions

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese| 澳門工會聯合總會
Simplified Chinese| 澳门工会联合总会
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Àomén Gōnghuì Liánhé Zǒng Huì
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization| Oumún Gūngwuih Lyùhnhahp Júng Wuih
Jyutping| Ou3mun4*2 Gung1wui6*2 Lyun4hap6 Zung2 Wui6*2
Abbreviation
Traditional Chinese| 工聯總會
Simplified Chinese| 工联总会
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Gōng Lián Zǒng Huì
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization| Gūng Lyùhn Júng Wuih
Jyutping| Gung1 Lyun4 Zung2 Wui6*2
Portuguese name
Portuguese| Federação das Associações dos Operários de Macau

The Macau Federation of Trade Unions (MFTU)[a] 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

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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.[citation needed]

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]

## Electoral performance

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Logo of Union for Development

MFTU formed the party list of Union for Development (Chinese: 同心協進會; Portuguese: União para o Desenvolvimento) for legislative elections.

Election  | Number of
popular votes  | % of
popular votes  | GC
seats  | FC
seats  | EC
seats  | Total seats  | +/−

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1992 | 6,543  | 23.75  | 2  |  |  |

2 / 23

| —
1996 | 10,525  | 14.52  | 1  |  |  |

1 / 23

| 1
2001 | 12,990  | 16.04  | 2  |  |  |

2 / 27

| 1
2005 | 16,596  | 13.29  | 2  |  |  |

2 / 29

| 0
2009 | 21,098  | 14.88  | 2  |  |  |

2 / 29

| 0
2013 | 11,960  | 8.16  | 1  |  |  |

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| 1
2017 | 16,696  | 9.67  | 2  |  |  |

2 / 33

| 1
2021 | 23,761  | 17.99  | 2  |  |  |

2 / 33

| 0
2025 |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## Elected members

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* Tong Chi Kin, 1992–2001
* Fernando Chui, 1992–1996
* Leong Iok Wa, 2001–2005
* Kwan Tsui Hang, 2005–present
* Lee Chong Cheng, 2009–2013

## Gallery

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* An MFTU service centre in the Edifício do Lago building in Taipa

* An MFTU-owned "workers' stadium" near the border with mainland China

## See also

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* Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, equivalent organisation in Hong Kong

## Notes

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1. ^

* Chinese: 澳門工會聯合總會, abbr. 工聯總會
* Portuguese: Federação das Associações dos Operários de Macau, abbr. FAOM

## References

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

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Political parties in Macau

Parties represented in the Legislative Council

| Pro-Beijing (30)|

* Macau Federation of Trade Unions (4)
* Macau United Citizens Association (3)
* Macau-Guangdong Union (2)
* Union for Development (2)
* Union for Promoting Progress (2)
* New Macau Development Union (1)
* Women's General Association of Macau (2)

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Pro-democracy (2)|

* New Hope (2)

Unaligned (1)|

* Synergy of Macao (1)

Parties not represented in Legislative Council

| Unrepresented|

* Alliance for Change
* Association for Democracy and Social Well-Being of Macau
* Association for Helping the Community and Engagement with the People
* Association for the Defense of Macau Interests
* Citizens' Rights Association
* Convergence for Development
* Democratic Centre of Macau
* Employees and Wage-Earners Association
* For Macau
* General Union for the Good of Macau
* General Union of Neighbourhood Associations of Macau
* Labor Union of Games and Gambling in Macau
* Macao Civic Power
* Macau Federation of Trade Unions
* New Macau Association
* New Vigour for Macau
* New Democratic Macau Association
* Plural Voices – Peoples of Macau
* Vision Macau

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