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Article: 1st LD-Writethru: 610,000 overseas companies in China have trade unions
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- May 15, 2007
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1st LD-Writethru: 610,000 overseas companies in China have trade
unions
BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The All-China Federation of Trade
Unions (ACFTU) Tuesday said 610,000 overseas companies, including
those with investment from Hong Kong and Macao, have established
trade unions in China by the end of September in 2006.
The number of union members in overseas companies reached
11,797,000, said Li Bingsheng, director of the research department
with ACFTU, on a press conference held here.
The ACFTU figures indicate 54.5 percent of the overseas companies
were provided with trade unions while 55.5 percent of their employees
had joined the unions.
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