Fiji sugar workers vote for strike action

Sugar workers in Fiji have voted to take strike action in support of wage demands, amidst massive bullying by Fiji’s Sugar Corporation. The strike could cripple Fiji’s already failing sugar industry, but the General Workers Union (FSGWU) said that seven years of the FSC’s refusal to bargain, of violating labour laws and of breaking collective bargaining agreements left the union with no option.  

Sugar workers in Fiji have voted to take strike action in support of wage demands, amidst massive bullying by Fiji’s Sugar Corporation. The strike could cripple Fiji’s already failing sugar industry, but the General Workers Union (FSGWU) said that seven years of the FSC’s refusal to bargain, of violating labour laws and of breaking collective bargaining agreements left the union with no option.