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Two more Fiji sugar mills delay season
Crushing at another two Fiji sugar mills could be deferred because of a delay in mill upgrading works and bad weather. A decision on the start date of the Rarawai...
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Fiji public servants still chasing backpay as wage cuts are slowly restored
Fiji's public sector unions are still fighting for the restoration of backpay following a temporary wage cut last year. The interim government had cut public servants pay by five percent...
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Some welcome for plans by Fiji's interim PM to downsize and reshuffle Cabinet
Some trade unions and politicians in Fiji have welcomed the interim prime minister's announcement that he will reduce the size of the cabinet from 17 to 13 and reshuffle it...
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Fiji Teachers Union disappointed with delay in implementing Employment Relations Bill
The General Secretary of the Fiji's Teachers Union, Agni Deo Singh, is at a loss as to why the Employment Relations Bill has been put on the back burner for...
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Mixed reaction to decision to shelve Fiji's new Employment Relations Bill for six months
The decision by Fiji's interim government to shelve the new Employment Relations Bill for six months has brought mixed reaction. The Chamber of Commerce and the Council of Trade Unions...
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Fiji teachers still set to strike
The Fiji Teachers Union says public servants are still preparing to strike despite the Public Service Commission's attempts to discourage workers doing so. The PSC says it has cancelled all...
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Fiji's teachers union disappointed with interim administration decision
The General Secretary of Fiji's Teachers Union says they're disappointed that the interim administrations has decided to put their proposals on hold. The government response has forced Fiji's…
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Fiji public sector unions still polling in bid to reverse paycuts
The Fiji Teachers Union is waiting on the Fiji Nursing Association to complete its voting before deciding on a response to the five-percent paycut for public servants. The union's general...
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Fiji public sector unions silent on military's warning
Fiji's public sector unions have declined to comment on the warning by the interim regime that the army will intervene for the sake of public safety if there is strike...
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Fiji teachers vote for industrial action to fight pay cuts
A majority of the members of the the Fiji Teachers Union has voted in favour of industrial action in response to the government's decision to cut pays by five percent.
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Fiji unions ponder strike action
Fiji's public sector unions are holding secret ballots over possible industrial action because of pay cuts and a reduction in the retirement age. The ballots are being held despite a...
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Interim Fiji government warned on withdrawing from pay deal
Fiji's public sector unions have warned the interim administration that they will fiercely oppose any moves to withdraw from a pay deal they signed with the Qarase government last year.
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Fiji public service threatens resistance to proposed pay cuts
Public service unions in Fiji have warned the military appointed interim administration that they will resist any pay cuts for their members. The interim finance minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, has…
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Fiji Human Rights Commission says plan to reduce retirement age breaches constitution
The Fiji Human Rights Commission says the interim administration's plan to reduce the retirement age of public servants to 55 years is against provisions of the 1997 Constitution. The Constitution...
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Fiji Labour Party expels five of its members
The Fiji Labour Party's national council has expelled five of its members including two cabinet ministers in the multi-party government. They are ministers Krishna Datt and Poseci Bune, former…
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Fears for students exam results in Fiji because of impasse between govt and military
Two teachers' bodies in Fiji have expressed concern that the heightened standoff between the military and the government could have an adverse impact on the public examination results of thousands...
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Fiji government minister says military commander is a terrorist
A Fiji government minister has described the country's military commander, Commodore Bainimarama, as a terrorist. The minister of state for provincial development, Ted Young, has told parliament this…
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Dissident Fiji Labour members to be summoned again next month
The Fiji Labour Party's national council will meet again in the middle of next month to decide on disciplinary action against seven senior dissident members. A meeting at Ba last...
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Fiji newspaper releases details of charges against Labour dissidents
Details of disciplinary charges laid against senior Fiji Labour Party dissidents have been revealed. The Daily Post reports that the party vice president and cabinet minister, Krishna Datt, has…
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Fiji Human Rights Commission to investigae exam scaling
The Fiji Human Rights Commission is reported to be investigating alleged breaches of human rights when students' external examination marks are scaled by the education ministry. The Fiji Times…
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Fiji Labour Party now to discipline seven senior members
The Fiji Labour Party's national council has decided to increase the number of senior members to be disciplined from five to seven. The two additional members are the former Vuda...
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Fiji Labour Party presses on with disciplinary action against dissidents
The Fiji Labour party is speeding up disciplinary action against its five senior dissident members with another meeting of its national council expected to be held on Saturday. The acting...
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Fiji Labour Party rift deepens on report of new attempts to discipline dissidents
The Fiji Labour Party is reported to be preparing for four by-elections if disciplinary action causes the expulsion of senior dissident members and they lose their seats. The Daily Post...
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Laywer says rift within Fiji Labour Party a bad sign
A Fiji lawyer says the widening rift in the Fiji Labour party doesn't augur well for Labour's future. Hemendra Nagin represents five dissident members of the party who could be...
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Disciplinary action against Fiji Labour politicians still possible
Disciplinary action has not been ruled out for five Fiji Labour Party dissidents who questioned their leader's decision making style. The party president, Jokapeci Koroi, and leader Mahendra Chaudhry…