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Posted on: 22 Jul 2013
(Picture: Fiji Times) The 5.3 percent pay increase is a disappointment to the FSG&WU . Please click on the link below to retrieve the statement by the FSG&WU General Secretary, Felix Anthony. Media Release – FSC Ignorance of Workers’ Plight
Posted on: 22 Jul 2013
(Picture : FijiVillage) FSC workers have been promised a 5.3 percent pay increase. Please click on the link below to retrieve more on the story http://www.fijivillage.com/?mod=story&id=2007136602137c7f26960bf2586a00
Posted on: 11 Jul 2013
Posted on: 05 Jul 2013
The Director of Public Prosecutions Office is “not following proper procedures”in the application to consolidate charges against FTUC NP Daniel Urai and Sri Lankan businessman Jagnath Krunaratne. Mr Urai is charged with inciting political violence and Mr Karunaratne is alleged to be part of the group that published graffiti against the Regime. The two appeared […]
Posted on: 05 Jul 2013
FTUC National President Daniel Urai appeared along with Sri Lankan businessman Jagath Karunaratne before the Suva Magistrates Court early this week charged with inciting political violence. NP’s lawyer Navinesh Nand requested hard copies of the disclosures and not soft copies which were sent by the State Counsel. The case was adjourned to July 10 to […]
Posted on: 25 Jun 2013
Fiji has been named as one of the worst three violators of workers’ rights conventions as reported during the ILO’s ILC held from June 5 – June 20 in Geneva. Also at the top three were Belarus and Uzbekistan. The Fiji conclusions of the ILC’s 102nd Session is through the following link: ILO Conclusions – […]
Posted on: 25 Jun 2013
The 102nd Session of the International Labour Conference 2013 was held in Geneva from June 5 – June 30. In the links below, submissions made on Fiji are attached in different parts on the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention No. 87. The submissions were from different sectors in Fiji, […]
Posted on: 24 Jun 2013
169 HARDWOOD WORKERS REDUNDANT – FPSA RELEASE FPSA has again received news of more redundancies made by the Fiji Hardwood Corporation. The statement above by the FPSA General Secretary, Rajeshwar Singh highlights the disappointment and upcoming problems faced by the jobless ex-workers. Please click on the link above for more details. http://fijilive.com/news/2013/06/fhcl-closes-mills-178-to-lose-jobs/54258.Fijilive
Posted on: 17 Jun 2013
The following report from BBC News on the investigation focusing on Mr Patrick Mercer’s alleged lobbying on behalf of Fiji. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22727620 And below is the letter from the Liberal MP after union executives wrote to the four MPs involved in the scandal who has agreed to withdraw his name off the Early Day Motion. (Letter […]
Posted on: 12 Jun 2013
The FTUC wishes everyone a Happy World Day Against Child Labour that is celebrated today worldwide. Millions of children worldwide are deprived of education and their basic freedom and rights as they engage themselves in labour to put food on their families’ tables. Fiji is not prone to this as highlighted recently in the media. […]