Lou has been leading the Hong Kong workers in their demands for a "central provident fund," demands which have been the subject of some contention there recently.
他又解釋，中下階層得為生活打拚，表現平靜是因為公司、工廠老闆也不高興員工出來說話；「即使站出來爭取權益，依照以往慣例，他們的話不會被香港資本家重視」，劉千石認為，香港能有今天的繁榮，勞工也付出很多。