{
  "id": 15865350,
  "title": "Calls for monthly pay for construction workers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/calls-for-monthly-pay-for-construction-workers-15865350",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T07:46:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTHK English",
    "slug": "rthk-english",
    "url": "https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1874762-20261021.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Hong Kong Construction Industry Employees General Union has called on the industry to adopt a monthly salary system to better protect workers' livelihoods and attract talent. The union polled about 1,100 workers in August and September and found that half of them had been underemployed over the previous three months, and more than 20 percent had no work at all. Nearly 40 percent said their…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}