FijiLive.com: Cabinet attempts to avert strike
Fiji’s interim Cabinet will meet in the next hour in a last-minute attempt to avert the looming strike by members of the Fiji Islands Council of Trade Unions (FICTU).
FICTU, which comprises the Fijian Teachers Association, Public Employees Union and the Viti National Union of Taukei Workers, plan to stage a nationwide strike on Thursday.
FijiVillage.com: Cabinet meets today to try and avert FICTU strike
The interim cabinet will meet from 11:30 this morning to make the final attempt to avert the looming strike by the Fijian Teachers Association, Public Employees Union and Viti National Union of Taukei Workers.
The unions are maintaining that they want the 5 percent paycut to be fully restored in August, retirement age to remain at 60 years and the COLA increments in the Partnership Agreement to be retained.
However Interim Prime Minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama has made it clear that cabinet agrees that the interim administration just cannot afford to give into the civil service unions’ demands.
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