{"id":14357,"date":"2017-03-11T14:53:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T06:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinaworker.info\/?p=14357"},"modified":"2017-03-14T19:55:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T11:55:03","slug":"hong-kong-protest-against-lsg-sky-chefs-dismissal-of-union-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2017\/03\/11\/14357\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong: Protest against LSG Sky Chefs dismissal of union chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ng Chi-Fai sacked for organising union by multinational\u2019s Hong Kong division \u2013 international solidarity needed<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sally Tang Mei-ching, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong)<\/p>\n

LSG Sky Chefs is the world\u2019s largest provider of airline catering. On March 9, the company fired for no reason Ng Chi-Fai (nickname Fai) who is a chef and also the chairperson of the Hong Kong Chef\u2019s Union. A protest was organised by labour groups on March 10 outside the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong against\u00a0Fai\u2019s wrongful dismissal.<\/p>\n

We are urging protests and solidarity from trade unions internationally against a blatant union-busting attempt by the company, a subsidiary of Lufthansa, the German national carrier. On previous occasions LSG Sky Chefs in Hong Kong has shown its disapproval of Fai\u2019s union activity by redeploying him to other duties.<\/p>\n

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Ng Chi-Fai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Sunday March 5, he attended a public forum as part of Hong Kong\u2019s Chief Executive election (actually not a real election) and asked a question of one of the candidates, Carrie Lam Yuet-ngor, about her position on standard working hours. There is no legally specified standard working week\u00a0in Hong Kong and this has long been a campaign issue for the trade unions.<\/p>\n

After this forum he was called to meet LSG Hong Kong\u2019s General Manager Sam Yau, who told Fai \u201cyou are fired!\u201d This despite the fact that Fai has always performed his duties well and never received any warning letter before. The company and Yau phoned Fai twice before the March 10 protest to warn him, \u201cnot to make this big\u201d. Fai refused to call off the protest. It seems clear the dismissal of Fai was connected to his participation in the public election forum (of all candidates) which is his right \u2013 it was not during working hours.<\/p>\n

Fai since May 2015 has been employed as the 2nd chef at LSG in Hong Kong. In April 2016, he assisted other chefs to chase arrears for overtime work from the company. Finally they succeeded, but in retaliation\u00a0the company moved Fai from his former workplace in Tseung Kwan-O where he lives, to the Kwai Chung port area much further away. He was reassigned again to Central at the end of 2016. In 2015, he founded the Hong Kong Chef\u2019s Union to unite workers to fight for their rights.<\/p>\n

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Fai says that every time after he participated in a public protest, the next day he was\u00a0requested by the General Manager to do jobs that are not part of his contracted duties. \u201cI am asked to take out the rubbish. Taking all the rubbish to the rubbish station. This is not part of my job as a chef.\u201d He says he has also been warned by management many times to \u201cnot make so much trouble!\u201d<\/p>\n

LSG Sky Chefs is a subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, with revenue of more than 3 billion euro yearly. In the United States, the company was in January 2017 fined 335,000 USD (HK$2.6 million) by\u00a0city of Seattle\u2019s Labor Department\u00a0for violating of the city\u2019s legal minimum wage of US$15 per hour.<\/p>\n

Socialist Action (CWI) fully supports the struggle of the Chef\u2019s Union and demands the reinstatement of Ng Chi-Fai and an end to victimisation of union members and activists by LSG Hong Kong. The right to organise in a union must be defended and also the freedom of political expression.<\/p>\n

We urge fellow unionists, socialists and rights campaigners internationally to take up this case in the unions in your area, especially in airline and related branches, and to send protest letters to both the HongKong offices of LSG but also the parent company in Germany.<\/p>\n

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Send protests to LSG Sky Chefs in Hong Kong and Germany:<\/h3>\n

Hong Kong LSG<\/strong>:\u00a0gcatering.hkg.group@lsgskychefs.com \u00a0(\u201c<\/em>Attention: Mr Sam Yau, General Manager LSG\u201d)<\/em><\/p>\n

LSG head office in Frankfurt<\/strong>, Germany (copy and paste into contact form):<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.lsgskychefs.com\/contact-us\/<\/p>\n

LSG Sky Chefs, Germany, media contact: Josefine Corsten, phone: +49 6102 240-880<\/p>\n

Send copies of your letter\/mail to:\u00a0agathawonghk@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>and also\u00a0socialist.hk@gmail.com<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Model protest letter:<\/h3>\n

PROTEST AGAINST LSG SKY CHEFS HONG KONG <\/em><\/p>\n

We\/I deplore the union-busting actions of LSG Sky Chefs in Hong Kong, by sacking trade union activist Ng Chi-Fai on March 9 2017, without good cause. This is clearly a case of victimisation of a trade union activist. We call on LSG Sky Chefs to:<\/em><\/p>\n

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  • Reinstate Ng Chi-Fai with immediate effect!<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Stop union-busting\u00a0against the HK Chef\u2019s Union. Membership of a trade union is a fundamental democratic right! <\/em><\/li>\n
  • End victimisation of employees for participating (outside work hours) in political debates or activities. No attack on freedom of expression!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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