Fiji Islands Council of Trade Unions
- Fiji Islands Council of Trade Unions
Infobox Union|
name= FICTU
country= Fiji
affiliation=
members=
full_name= Fiji Islands Council of Trade Unions
native_name=
founded= August, 2002
current=
head= Maika Namudu, president
dissolved_date=
dissolved_state=
merged_into=
office= Suva, Fiji
people= Attar Singh, general secretary
website=
footnotes=
The Fiji Islands Council of Trade Unions (FICTU) was established in August, 2002 as a breakaway from and rival to the FTUC. [cite book| year = 2005 | title = Trade Unions of the World | editor = ICTUR et al, | edition = 6th | publisher = John Harper Publishing | location = London, UK | id = ISBN 0-9543811-5-7 ]
Fifteen unions, which were formerely affiliated to the FTUC, initially joined the new umbrella organisation. The move follows the unions’ disatissfaction with the FTUC led by Senator Felix Anthony, which they see as too closely linked with the Labour Party. The FICTU is led Maika Namudu, of the Fijian Teachers Association, as president and Attar Singh, of the Fiji Aviation Workers Association, as general secretary. Mr Namudu claimed that the new body was not politically motivated but the Minister for Labour, Kenneth Zinck, described the launch of the new trade union body as a breath of fresh air for workers in the country. [ cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Fifteen unions have broken away from the Fiji Trade Union Congress |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=1708 |work= |publisher= Radio New Zealand International|date=25 August 2002 |accessdate=2007-07-12 ]
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