High Court Judge, Justice Roger Coventry in his ruling on the application of a Judicial Review by the Fiji Nursing Association on the decision of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry for Labour and Industrial Relations on the Trade Dispute, stated that the handling of the strike was an unsatisfactory state of affairs as well as one that was unacceptable.
Judge Coventry said the plain fact is that despite no referral to a tribunal, the issues in dispute have not been resolved.
Judge Coventry in his judgement found that the Permanent Secretary for Labour, Taito Waqa had breached his statutory duty in Section 4 of the Trade Disputes Act by failing to make a timely decision as to what to do with the trade dispute referred to the Ministry, by the FNA on the 26th of June.
Justice Coventry also ordered in his conclusion that the Minister for Labour consider the remaining unresolved issues in respect of which the FNA went on strike in July and August and decide whether or not to refer them to a tribunal.
PS Labour Breached Trade Disputes Act
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