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For HK junkies, the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, which reps aviation workers (who have been active protesters) was set up as the anti-commie alternative to the (red) Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, which is about three times bigger.
Back in Occupy days the HKCTU jefe Lee Cheuk-yan was slated to emerge as a key popular leader but he (and the entire Occupy movement) was derailed by a massive leak documenting his & HKCTU's ties to the NED. Over 20 years HKCTU received $13 mill from an NED cutout,
the American Center for International Labor Solidarity & in at least one year accounted for about 1/4 of the NED's HK outlay. In addition, the HKCTU was receiving a $60K/month subvention from the International Trade Unions Confederation, which is is recent rebranding of the
anti-commie International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. One reason for "leaderlessness" in current iteration is that the potential "leaders" are often NED pensioners. This presumably also goes for some of the "leaderless" participation of union members in the protests.
With the HKCTU rep'ing airport workers, it would seem to be a relatively hospitable venue for protesters. As to why this interesting context is absent from obsessive reporting on HK protests by our noble scribes, I got nuttin'!
Any relations w US labor, US government, NED?
Yes, with NED.
Genuine Question. How communist is (red) HKFTU? 1) Is their objective a post-capitalist worker controlled democratic society free from the law of profit? 2) How democratic is the HKFTU? Can reps be easily recalled? Or is it more like China's Communist Party (ie in name only)?
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