Gaming association holds meeting over trade union law

The Power of the Macao Gaming Association organized a meeting in which a number of gaming industry trade unions demanded that the government legislate a trade union law and ensure the casino workers’ right to collective bargaining.

The Power of the Macao Gaming Association’s honorary president, lawmaker José Pereira Coutinho, said in the meeting attended by representatives from six different groups including the Forefront of Macao Gaming and staff union of Galaxy Entertainment Group that a trade union law is still absent in Macau, and that workers currently do not possess the reasonable right to negotiate, the Macau Daily Times reported.

The lawmaker has repeatedly submitted a draft bill to the Legislative Assembly which has been vetoed five times  due to some lawmakers questioning the necessity of such a bill.

“Macau’s gaming industry is now in an adjustment period; when a problem appears, many casino workers will turn to the gaming industry’s trade unions to seek help, besides complaining to the gaming corporates. We hope to facilitate more communication and solidarity among the gaming industry associations through organizing this meeting,” the Macau Daily Times quoted Coutinho as saying.

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