Fiji airport worker protest: Thousands march in solidarity with workers seeking wage increase
15 Jan 2018 18:15:01
abc.net.au
Thousands of Fijians marched through the town of Nadi at the weekend in support of protesting workers at the country's main international airport, who have been engaged in a bitter industrial dispute with their employer for the past month.
Around 200 employees of Air Terminal Services (ATS) — the company that provides baggage handling, catering and engineering checks at Fiji's Nadi International Airport — claim they have been locked-out since December 16 after attending a shareholders meeting during work hours.
The company said the meeting was an illegal strike action.
ATS workers have a 49 per cent stake in the company, with the remaining 51 per cent owned by the Fijian Government.
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