6 Nov 2025集誌社#7502
浸大清潔工｜莊臣認未警告便勸退不理想 「被辭職」英姐願復工
A cleaner at Hong Kong Baptist University was asked twice by contractor Johnson last month to sign a “voluntary resignation letter”. HKBU said earlier that it would deal firmly with any improper conduct by the contractor. Johnson met Ying, the worker involved, yesterday and said it had no intention of asking her to resign, but acknowledged that urging her to leave without warning was inappropriate and that communication needed to be strengthened. It also agreed to let Ying return to work. Ying said she was satisfied with the outcome of the meeting and had felt the company’s sincerity. She replied this morning that she intended to return to her original post at HKBU. The union representative assisting Ying welcomed Johnson’s admission of fault, but hoped HKBU would regularly arrange tripartite meetings between the university, the employer and employees, saying: “We hope to see HKBU take more responsibility.”
浸會大學一名清潔工上月被承辦商莊臣兩度要求簽署「自願離職信」，浸大日前稱若發現承辦商不當，必嚴正處理。莊臣昨約見事主英姐會面，表示無意要求英姐離職，但承認未警告便勸退是不理想、需加強溝通，亦願讓英姐復職。英姐表示滿意會面結果，亦感受到公司誠意，已於今早回覆有意返回浸大原有崗位工作。協助英姐的工會代表樂見莊臣承認過失，但盼浸大能定期安排校方與勞資雙方進行三方會談，「期望見到浸大有多啲承擔」。
10 Aug 2025獨媒#7148
多個勞工及長者團體批外勞「爭飯碗」 促設暫停機制
A new Policy Address will be announced in September, and public consultation is under way. Multiple groups concerned about labour rights and elderly care held a press conference on Saturday (August 9), putting forward various recommendations including universal retirement protection. A group representative said economic conditions were currently very poor, with many workers unemployed, and urged the establishment of a mechanism to suspend the importation of foreign labour.
The statutory minimum wage rose to HK$42.1 per hour on May 1. Lee Chi-yan of the Universal Retirement Protection Concern Group said the level remained too low to improve the quality of life of grassroots residents. She said Hong Kong was experiencing a wave of business closures, with many local workers unemployed, while foreign workers were competing for jobs. She urged the introduction of an unemployment assistance payment without means testing. Criticising the government for continuing to import foreign labour, she said: “What is the intention behind continuing to import foreign labour? Is it to improve Hong Kong or ruin Hong Kong?”
新一份《施政報告》將於9月公布，目前正進行公眾諮詢，多個關注勞工權益及長者安老團體周六（8月9日）舉行記者會，提出設立全民退休保障等多項建議。有團體代表提到，目前市道非常差，不少工友失業，促設暫停輸入外勞機制。
團體批外勞爭飯碗
今年5月1日法定最低工資水平提高至時薪42.1元，全民退保關注組李志恩指水平仍然過低，未能改善基層市民生活質素。她指本港有結業潮，不少本地勞工失業，加上外勞爭飯碗，促設免審查「失業援助金」。她批評政府續輸入外勞，「仲輸入外勞有咩居心？是搞好呢個香港定搞衰呢個香港呢？」
1 Aug 2025獨媒#7127
浸大清潔工靜坐抗議薪酬待遇 承辦商暫承諾發每月500元特別津貼
Baptist University changed its outsourced cleaning services contractor, and the transitional arrangements sparked controversy. Workers were given an orientation session by the new contractor, Johnson Holdings Limited, only seven days before the existing contract ended. Johnson offered a monthly wage of $13,899 for day-shift workers, just $0.32 more than before, while some workers faced pay cuts. About 30 workers staged a sit-in at HKBU today, demanding a response from Johnson on their pay and conditions. Mr Mui, Johnson’s regional manager, continued to attend the scene today and reminded the workers that they were responsible for working at their posts during working hours: “If you are dissatisfied, you can clock out and go home.”
浸會大學更換清潔服務外判承辦商，過渡安排引起風波。工友僅於合約期完結前7天獲新外判商「莊臣控股有限公司」安排簡介會，莊臣開出的合約日更月薪為$13,899，加幅僅較原先多出$0.32，部分工人工資更有下跌。約30名工友今日在浸大發起靜坐，要求莊臣回應薪酬待遇訴求，莊臣區域經理梅先生今繼續到場，他提醒工友於工作時間內有責任於崗位工作，「如果你哋唔滿意嘅，可以打卡收工。」
1 Aug 2025集誌社#7131
浸大清潔工｜一個清晨 兩場靜坐 記清潔工的成功爭取 「畀啲掌聲自己」
Cleaning services at Baptist University were taken over by a new contractor, Johnson, today (the 1st). Some workers were dissatisfied with the lack of clarity over Johnson’s pay and employment benefits, and staged two brief sit-ins in separate groups from 7am this morning under union organisation. A Johnson manager promised day-shift workers a monthly allowance of $500, but did not directly respond to whether it would be written into their contracts. The manager also promised dormitory workers a $2,100 summer heat allowance for four months.
浸大清潔服務今（ 1 日）起由新營辦商莊臣接手，有工人不滿莊臣薪酬待遇交代不清，今晨七時起，在工會組織下分兩批短暫靜坐。莊臣經理向日班員工承諾每月發放 500 元津貼，但未正面回應是否會寫進合約，又向宿舍員工承諾發放四個月 2100 元暑熱津貼。
9 Feb 2025集誌社#4497
M記聯盟｜被炒後組「聯盟」 推動麥當勞善待員工 程展緯再爭恢復「飯鐘錢」
Wearing rubber gloves and a birthday hat, local artist Luke Ching Chin Wai, who was previously dismissed by McDonald’s for violating its guidelines on employees’ use of social media, joined several civic organisations in launching “Our McDonald’s Alliance” (the “Alliance”). The group held a “McDonald’s Birthday Party for Hong Kong People” on Saturday (8th), announcing the formation of the Alliance and expressing hope that it would push McDonald’s to reform, restore “meal-break pay”, improve labour rights and take on greater environmental responsibility.
戴起橡膠手套、套上生日帽，早前被麥當勞以違反員工使用社交平台指引為由解僱的本地藝術家程展緯，連同多個民間組織發起的「我們的M記聯盟」（下稱「聯盟」），周六（8日）舉辦屬於香港市民的「麥當勞生日會」，宣布成立聯盟，盼推動麥當勞改革，恢復「飯鐘錢」、改善勞工權益、承擔更多環保責任等。
27 Jan 2025明報#4471
藝術家程展緯稱要求恢復飯鐘錢後 遭麥當勞解僱
Artist Luke Ching Chin Wai, who has advocated for workers’ rights and taken on various casual jobs in recent years, was dismissed yesterday after working part-time at McDonald’s for six months. McDonald’s said the dismissal was for violating its guidelines on employees’ use of social media. He said workers had the right to express their views and criticised the decision as disappointing, fearing it would deter other employees from discussing company policies. A McDonald’s Hong Kong spokesperson told this newspaper that Cheng had shared the company’s internal operations and business information on public platforms during his employment, in breach of the employee code of conduct. He had been advised and meetings with management had been arranged, but there had been no improvement, so the company decided to terminate his employment.
McDonald’s: Publishing internal information breaches employee code of conduct
Luke Ching Chin Wai wrote an open letter to McDonald’s in this newspaper’s “Sunday Life” section last week, calling for the restoration of meal-break pay. He said on social media yesterday that he had been dismissed. Cheng told this newspaper that he had expressed his views to McDonald’s by email last week. Management subsequently visited the branch to hear his views, in a meeting lasting more than an hour. He said he considered the move sincere and later wrote a letter of thanks to the management representatives.
關注勞工權益、近年從事不同散工的藝術家程展緯於麥當勞兼職半年，昨遭麥當勞以違反員工使用社交平台指引為由解僱。他認為勞工有表達權利，批評該決定令人失望，擔心令其他員工不敢討論公司政策。香港麥當勞發言人回覆本報稱，程受聘期內將公司內部營運及商業資訊於公開平台分享，違反僱員守則，曾勸喻及安排管理層會面，惟未改善，故決定終止僱傭關係。
麥當勞：公開內部資訊 違僱員守則
程展緯上周於本報「星期日生活」向麥當勞發公開信呼籲恢復飯鐘錢，他昨於社交平台稱遭解僱。程向本報表示，上周以電郵向麥當勞反映意見，事後有管理層到分店聆聽其意見，會面逾一小時，他認為此舉有誠意，更寫感謝信予對方。
26 Jan 2025獨媒#4468
程展緯向麥記爭取員工飯鐘錢 一周後被炒 「以為麥當勞胸襟大啲」
Artist Luke Ching Chin Wai, who has long been concerned about workers’ rights, recently joined McDonald’s as a cleaner and published an open letter on social media and in newspapers urging the company to provide employees with “paid meal breaks”. However, one week after the letter was published, Cheng was notified by management today (26th) that his contract had been terminated with immediate effect because he had violated the company’s social media usage guidelines. Cheng told InMedia that he had requested reinstatement, saying: “It’s not as though when one person expresses an opinion, you can just tell them to leave. If I leave like this, will other people still express their opinions?”
藝術家程展緯向來關心勞工權益，近日更入職麥當勞任清潔工，並在社交媒體、報章等發公開信，促麥當勞向員工提供「有錢飯鐘」。不過刊報一周後，程今日（26日）收到管理層通知他被即時中止合約，原因是他違反員工的社交媒體使用守則。程向《獨媒》表示，已向管理層提出復職要求，「唔係一個人提出意見，你就叫人走囉，如果我咁樣走咗，其他人仲會講意見咩？」
25 Aug 2024集誌社#3946
Keeta演算法｜被誤當黑工封帳戶 送遞員抗議 員工拆解工資演算法 準時奬最低五毫
Hong Kong’s summers are hot and humid, with occasional rain. During the lunchtime period last Monday (19th), while the yellow rainstorm warning was in force, rainfall in parts of Sha Tin reached a maximum of 74 millimetres per hour, with the highest intensity reaching black rainstorm levels. When torrential rain falls at lunchtime, people can open a food-delivery platform app on their phones, scroll through it, choose what to eat and press pay—all in less than a few minutes, without having to go outside and get wet.
At the same time, when Ah Lam’s phone rang, the Keeta food-delivery platform operated by Meituan assigned him two orders at once. With heavy rain pouring outside, he did not put on a raincoat but hurried to his bicycle and plunged into the rain, weaving through side streets and alleys in an effort to deliver the food on time.
By his lunchtime break, Ah Lam had eaten for half an hour, but water was still dripping from his head. When a reporter asked, “Would you like a tissue to wipe it off?”, he replied calmly: “No need. It doesn’t make much difference even if I wipe it off. I’m used to it.” Food-delivery couriers can often be seen hurrying back and forth on the streets because, under the “algorithm” of the online platform economy, their pay depends on how actively they pursue orders. For Ah Lam, who delivers food full-time, it would be difficult to make a living on basic delivery fees alone without bonuses.
香港夏季悶熱，時而下雨。上周一（19日）午飯時段，黃色暴雨警告期間，沙田一帶的降雨量最高達每小時 74 毫米，最高達到黑雨級數。午飯時間下豪雨，打開手機點擊外賣平台應用程式，上下掃一下，選好吃什麼，再按付款，整個過程不用數分鐘，不用濕身外出用膳。
同一時間，阿林的手機鈴聲一響，美團旗下送外賣平台Keeta系統一下子派了兩張訂單給他，外頭傾盆大雨，他未有穿上雨衣，便腳步飛快，踏上單車，一頭衝進雨水之中，穿梭在橫街小巷，務求準時將外賣送達。
直至中午休息時，阿林吃了半小時的飯，頭上仍然滴水。記者問：「要張紙巾抹一下嗎？」他淡然地回：「不用，抹了分別也不大，我都習慣了。」 在街上可以經常看見外賣員來去匆匆，皆因在網絡平台經濟的「演算法」下，他們的薪金，取決於有多積極「追數」。對全職送外賣的阿林而言，如果沒有了獎金，單靠基本外賣費，是難以維生。
16 Aug 2024獨媒#3912
程展緯再發起「勞工研究」眾籌 盼連結更多人作小額支持
Artist Luke Ching Chin Wai, who has long focused on labour issues, has launched another crowdfunding campaign, hoping to raise $200,000 for an “Autonomous Labour Research Project”. Over the past few years, Luke Ching Chin Wai has repeatedly taken frontline jobs to promote corporate reform, including helping MTR cleaners secure higher wages and campaigning for chairs for supermarket cashiers.
Cheng said the campaign has currently reached half of its target, but much of the funding consists of large donations. “This trust is both a great encouragement and a great pressure for me,” he said. He hopes to attract more people to support him with donations of no more than $200: “I hope the remaining $100,000 to be raised is not merely a sum of money, but energy gained by connecting with more people—giving me the courage to begin an unknown possibility, and letting me know that the things I care about are not only cared about by me.”
向來關注勞工議題的藝術家程展緯再次發起眾籌 ，希望籌到20萬進行「自主勞動研究計劃」。過去幾年，程展緯曾多次入職基層工作推動企業改革，包括協助港鐵清潔工提升工資、為超市收銀員爭取椅子等。
程表示，目前眾籌目標已經達半，但當中有不少大額資助，「這信任對我很是鼓勵也很是壓力」。他期望能吸納更多人以不多於200元的捐款金額支持他：「我希望餘下要籌的十萬元不衹是一嚿錢，而是與更多人連結而得的能量，叫我有勇氣開展一個未知的可能，叫我知道我關心的事不單是我關心的。」
12 Oct 2023獨媒#8479
鐵閘倒塌死傷者家屬聯工權會發起聯署 促立例強制檢驗
At least five industrial accidents involving collapsing metal gates have occurred in Hong Kong since 2019, with three taking place in succession in the second half of this year. The five accidents resulted in two deaths and three injuries in total. The Industrial Accident Victims’ Rights Association and some families of those killed or injured in metal gate accidents have launched a petition urging the government to legislate for mandatory gate inspections. They expressed disappointment that such accidents have continued despite the authorities saying they launched territory-wide inspections after a gate collapse at the Yau Ma Tei Maternal and Child Health Centre last August.
2019年至今，本港至少發生5宗鐵閘倒塌工業事故，有3宗事故更在今年下半年接連出現，5宗事故合共釀成2死3傷。工業傷亡權益會與部分鐵閘意外死傷者家屬發起聯署，促請政府立例強制檢驗閘門。他們對於去年8月油麻地母嬰健康院冧閘事故後，當局曾稱在全港展開巡查行動後，事故依然繼續發生感到失望。
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