58 articles tagged "ftu"
The General Secretary of the Fiji Teachers Union Agni Deo Singh claims more than 500 teachers are in isolation as they have either contracted COVID-19 or are primary contacts. Singh is questioning how the Ministry
The Fiji Teachers Union is questioning the Ministry of Education’s decision to call teachers unaffected by flooding back to school. The Ministry has also said that teachers who are unable to travel to school due
The General Secretary for the Fiji Teachers Union, Agni Deo Singh says the Permanent Secretary for Education Dr Anjeela Jokhan must get the facts right and meet with the teacher unions and work in partnership to chart t
Fiji Teachers Union General Secretary, Agni Deo Singh says the Ministry of Education at no point in time has communicated to the teachers who are certificate and diploma holders that their qualification is not recognise
Fiji Teachers Union General Secretary, Agni Deo Singh says he has been advised that around 40 teachers from the Western Division who did not receive their pay last week will be paid next Wednesday which means they will
The Fiji Teachers Union has condemned the comments of Minister for Education, Premila Kumar and the Permanent Secretary for Education, Anjeela Jokhan for labeling teachers unqualified and going to the extent of threaten
The Fiji Teachers Union has written to the Ministry of Education demanding answers as to why a number of teachers in the Western Division did not receive their pay last week. General Secretary, Agni Deo Singh says
The Fiji Teachers Union is encouraging all its members to get vaccinated for COVID-19. General Secretary, Agni Deo Singh says the extent to which the virus has spread leaves them with no option. Singh says tea
The Fiji Trades Union Congress says it encourages workers to get vaccinated but states categorically that it is wrong to make vaccinations mandatory and a condition of employment. General Secretary Felix Anthony s
The Fiji Trades Union Congress says they oppose any suggestion by the Fiji Institute of Accountants to increase VAT to 12.5 percent, particularly at a time like this, and object to their suggestion that civil servants s
Agni Deo Singh has retained the position of General Secretary after the Fiji Teachers Union National Elections that ended yesterday. Singh is one of the union’s longest-serving members. The other office bear
Counting in the Fiji Teachers Union National Elections is underway in 22 polling stations nationwide. There are 4,917 members of the FTU. The Fijian Elections Office confirmed that as of 2pm today, they record
More teachers are turning up to vote in the second and final day of the Fiji Teachers Union National Elections today. The Fijian Elections Office recorded a preliminary turnout of 914 voters at all the 22 polling s
Teachers turned up in numbers at the Fiji Teachers Union headquarters this afternoon to vote in the FTU National Elections. 48-year-old Arvin Narayan of Sigatoka says he expects teachers to have more say after the
The Fijian Elections Office will be conducting the elections for Fiji Teachers Union this Friday and Saturday. Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem says the last FTU election was held in April 2019 where only 5
Police have denied permit application for the Fiji Trades Union Congress to march and hold a rally in Suva on 1st May. FTUC National Secretary, Felix Anthony says no written reason was given. Anthony says the
Police Chief of Operations, ACP Abdul Khan says he can confirm receipt of the permit application by the Fiji Trade Union Congress for their march and rally on May 1st this year. ACP Khan says they will conduct the
Fiji Trades Union Congress National Secretary Felix Anthony has today confirmed that FTUC is planning to have a national march on May 1st this year and they have lodged an application to conduct a march and rally in Suv
