“Even though Fiji Airways is once again recruiting employees, it has set a requirement that it will not take former staff, particularly cabin crew and flight attendants, unless they withdraw their claims against it.”
NFP President Tikoduadua
PIE IN THE SKY! Fijileaks: Meanwhile, the 'SMART ASS PROFESSOR' and NFP leader BIMAN PRASAD is yet to get hold of Fiji Airways Annual Reports that AVIATION MINISTER Khaiyum claimed was at the Registrar of Companies office in Suva. And, that is why, we have called on the NFP to EJECT its "NFP Airways" PILOT-In-Chief Prasad before the next poll. Writing long-winded articles in the uncritical Fiji Times, accompanied by a smiling and genteel photograph of him, is not the way to win elections. In 2020, he assured Fijileaks that his NFP staff were going to obtain the annual reports but just empty promises on his part. When we chided KAMAL IYER, the NFP administrator, 'to get off your fat arse, instead of just swiping grog whole day' to look for the Fiji Airways annual reports, they didn't take it kindly. And here is the so-called political leader claiming he (BIMAN PRASAD) is the best man to FIX Fiji's woes! We had spent our own money to search for the Waqavuka files and needed those annual reports to complete and publish our findings.
BLOODY HOPELESS NFP PILOT-IN-CHIEF.
We have never been a mouth-piece for the Opposition
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 “Victimisation and discriminatory behaviour” is how National Federation Party President Pio Tikoduadua has described the demand that former Fiji Airways workers give up their legal action against it if they want to be re-hired. |  |
Mr Tikoduadua noted that as the airline prepares for resumption of flights after reopening of the borders, “Fiji Airways is starting up again as it left off – as the spiteful and ungrateful employer of the staff it dumped 16 months ago”.
“Even though Fiji Airways is once again recruiting employees, it has set a requirement that it will not take former staff, particularly cabin crew and flight attendants, unless they withdraw their claims against it,” he said.
“Let us remind the people of Fiji what Fiji Airways did”.
“For years it built its brand and business on the faces of its proudly Fijian cabin crew and the personal sacrifices of their families. Then suddenly nearly 800 of those same loyal Fijian employees were sacked overnight by expatriate managers who continue to be fully employed.
“Our Fijian tourism front liners were not paid redundancy compensation. They and their families were suddenly left with nothing to fall back on”.
“This act of ruthlessness happened just a few hours before Government got Parliament to guarantee $455 million in loans to Fiji Airways’ aircraft owners and lenders such as Asian Development Bank”.
“The Opposition asked that Fiji Airways use a small amount of these funds to give workers some relief. Reasonable compensation at a time when they needed the funds would have, at the most, cost $10 million”.
“More than 400 cabin crew and flight attendants then brought legal action against their former employer. Fiji Airways has deliberately stalled and tried to delay the progress of those legal actions”.
“Now, when it needs its staff back, Fiji Airways is forcing them to withdraw those legal actions before it will hire them.”
“So, Fiji Airways will turn away the hundreds of people it has trained, who are experienced and skilled at their work, but who just want their day in court over what happened to them, rather than be fair-minded or protective of their rights”.
“Having kicked the very people who built the airline once, Fiji Airways is kicking them and their families again.”
“The Government as 51% owner of the airline has made no attempt to stop this behaviour. No doubt it is encouraging it”.
“When NFP is elected into government, we will direct Fiji Airways to support the reinstatement as well as respect the proper process through the courts of these legal actions and compensation to affected staff”.
“This is not about politics. This is about respecting the rights of all citizens of Fiji to fair work practices and their rights to bring claims against the abusive actions of powerful employers”.
Pio Tikoduadua
President
“Even though Fiji Airways is once again recruiting employees, it has set a requirement that it will not take former staff, particularly cabin crew and flight attendants, unless they withdraw their claims against it,” he said.
“Let us remind the people of Fiji what Fiji Airways did”.
“For years it built its brand and business on the faces of its proudly Fijian cabin crew and the personal sacrifices of their families. Then suddenly nearly 800 of those same loyal Fijian employees were sacked overnight by expatriate managers who continue to be fully employed.
“Our Fijian tourism front liners were not paid redundancy compensation. They and their families were suddenly left with nothing to fall back on”.
“This act of ruthlessness happened just a few hours before Government got Parliament to guarantee $455 million in loans to Fiji Airways’ aircraft owners and lenders such as Asian Development Bank”.
“The Opposition asked that Fiji Airways use a small amount of these funds to give workers some relief. Reasonable compensation at a time when they needed the funds would have, at the most, cost $10 million”.
“More than 400 cabin crew and flight attendants then brought legal action against their former employer. Fiji Airways has deliberately stalled and tried to delay the progress of those legal actions”.
“Now, when it needs its staff back, Fiji Airways is forcing them to withdraw those legal actions before it will hire them.”
“So, Fiji Airways will turn away the hundreds of people it has trained, who are experienced and skilled at their work, but who just want their day in court over what happened to them, rather than be fair-minded or protective of their rights”.
“Having kicked the very people who built the airline once, Fiji Airways is kicking them and their families again.”
“The Government as 51% owner of the airline has made no attempt to stop this behaviour. No doubt it is encouraging it”.
“When NFP is elected into government, we will direct Fiji Airways to support the reinstatement as well as respect the proper process through the courts of these legal actions and compensation to affected staff”.
“This is not about politics. This is about respecting the rights of all citizens of Fiji to fair work practices and their rights to bring claims against the abusive actions of powerful employers”.
Pio Tikoduadua
President
Muncipal Council Elections: It is wrong to assume that just because a ratepayer dislikes the FFP, he or she will always choose an Opposition candidate. Our Founding Editor-in-Chief's uncle, an Alliance Party nominee, was elected twice, in 1969, and in 1970, as Lord Mayor of Suva. His son, the late RAVIN LAL, was for over two decades the Advertising Manager of the Fiji Times and later on at the old Fiji Sun until he was forced to leave Fiji after the 1987 Coups. Sadly, he died in Auckland, New Zealand, instead of the country of his birth - Fiji Islands. In fact, it was Fiji's very own Lucifer SITIVENI RABUKA who politicized municipal council leadership by implanting his i-Taukei racist stooges to run the councils. Now, under the guise of People's Alliance Party, he is scouting for VOTES. As far as we are concernced, we cannot HERO worship Coupist Rabuka and VILIFY Coupist Bainimarama.
Coupists ARE Coupists. FULL STOP!.
Only Jai Ram Reddy and Biman Prasad think differently!
The NFP has no moral standing to chastise Aiyaz Khaiyum, for it went into political bed with Rabuka, and might still end up as his poliitcal mistress in 2022. Rabuka had the gall to re-assure us that under him Indo-Fijians will be safe, describing them as Fijians of Indian ancestry. We don't need re-assurance from him, for Fiji belongs to us as it belongs to him. Our Founding Editor-in-Chief's own father was elected by a majority of i-Taukei Alliance Party members to be the chairman of the Tailevu North Alliance Party branch. When Rabuka seized power, an old Indo-Fijian aunt now nearing 100, asked one of the relatives:
"Where is this Rambhukaa (God Ram is Hungry) from?"
Relative: "He is from Fiji?"
Aunty: "Oh, but he is not speaking native i-Taukei like me?"
Relative: "Yes, because he is not from Viti Levu. He is from Vanua Levu?"
Aunty: "So, he is an immigrant in Suva?"
Relative: "Yes, definitely, and claiming to be indigenous, sorry."
IMMIGRANT: a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country
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