Fiji

Fiji: Public sector strikes grow amid death threats and intimidation

Asher — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:21:42 +0000

They are demanding the reversal of a 5% pay cut and the changing of the retirement age from 60 to 55, and an additional 10% pay rise. The pay cut and change in retirement age were announced shortly after the military government took power in a coup last December.

Fiji: minister attacks bloggers

jef costello — Tue, 22 May 2007 21:49:17 +0000

A local businessman, Ulaiasi Taoi, has been detained twice over the past month in relation to a blog and Mr Sayed-Khaiyum has warned of the dangers of bloggers using their anonymity to attack the government. A wave of blogs sprang up after the coup, with many bloggers publishing uncensored accounts of the coup and of the actions of its instigators once in power.

Fiji: Military regime facing growing revolt from workers

Ed — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:40:02 +0000

The Public Employees Union (PEU), representing almost 5,000 blue collar public servants, has voted to back a strike planned by the country's largest union, the Public Service Association (PSA). The PSA voted overwhelmingly on Friday to strike after the military government slashed civil servants' wages under a plan to save the nation's economy from collapse.

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