Posts tagged worker
Michael Chan | ‘Communist Party Railway’ image reversal through MTR trade union

This is Michael’s fifth year working for the MTR as a train driver for the East Rail Line. He founded the eighth MTR trade union ‘Railway Power’ in 2019 and is currently the union’s chairman. It’s not easy to work for a controversial company, let alone establishing a trade union. Let’s learn more about Michael’s story.

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Carmen | Frontline social worker, a mother, trying her best to accompany young people

In reality, there are differences between the aims and objectives of a social worker. We want to reach out to youths who are not cared for by the system, but only a handful of them would actually come to us for help. When a social movement puts our youth to on the spotlight, I ask instead—just how much is the government willing to help them?

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Social worker Carmen | 31 Aug incident: a sad and helpless night. - “Until the truth is revealed, Hongkongers will never give up.”

I was really worried, and my heart was burning in anxiousness. I wanted to cry. But I kept reminding myself that I was working, I had to hold back my tears. What was really happening down there? What took the paramedics so long?

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