CLOSE to 200 delegates from various trade unions are in Nadi for the Fiji Trades Union Congress conference that is focused on discussing issues affecting employment relations, minimum wage and the right to strike.
FTUC national secretary Felix Anthony says the Special Delegates Conference is a constitutional requirement of the congress where the National Council calls for a special one-day conference to deal with specific issues.
“The conference provides affiliates of the congress to have an input on the work of the FTUC and to elect its executives for the youth wing,” Mr Anthony said.
“On the day of the Special Conference, an average of 150 delegates, observers and invitees from trade union affiliate leaders will gather to review and make amendments to their constitution particularly, post the unification of FTUC and the former FICTU affiliates.”
He said the International Labour Organisation’s Pacific Island Countries director, Donglin Li, opened the event while the University of the South Pacific’s School of Governance head, Professor Vijay Naidu, will deliver a keynote address on the Emerging Issues in Fiji’s Industrial Relations.
