Macau Federation of Trade Unions

Federação das Associações dos Operarios de Macau 澳門 工會 聯合 總會 Federation of Macau Workers' Associations (FAOM)
purpose	Trade Union Confederation , Political Association
Chair:	Chan Kam Meng
Establishment date:	January 20, 1950
Seat :	Gonglian Building, 2-6 Rua da Ribeira do Patane, Sha Li Tau, Macau
Website:	www.faom.org.mo

Confederation building

The Macau Trade Union Confederation (officially Federation of Macau Workers' Associations , Portuguese Federação das Associações dos Operarios de Macau , Chinese澳門 工會 聯合 總會) is the most influential trade union in Macau and the most important umbrella organization for workers in the Special Administrative Region . In addition, the organization appears as a political association in politics as a loyal part of the pro-Beijing camp .

Political work

The Macau Confederation is also running for elections to the Macau Legislative Assembly . The members are partly elected by direct election and partly appointed via so-called functional constituencies. For direct elections, the trade union federation is running the União Para O Desenvolvimento electoral list , which received two seats in the 2017 parliamentary elections . In addition, the trade union federation also provides the members of the Comissão Conjunta da Candidatura das Associações de Empregados , which was the only electoral list in the functional constituency of the workers' sector . Thus, the Macau Federation of Trade Unions actually holds four of the 33 seats in parliament through various channels.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 李靜儀 ： 須 釐清 澳門 需要 甚麼 人才. Retrieved April 23, 2019 . 
2. ↑ operarios apresentam lista ao escrutinio directo. July 6, 2017, accessed April 23, 2019 (European Portuguese). 
3. ↑ União para o Desenvolvimento quer fim de abuso nos BIR. In: Plataforma. July 28, 2017, Retrieved April 23, 2019 (European Portuguese).