DON'T TOUCH THE WORKER'S MONEY!

"Interim Minister for Public Service, Poseci Bune says that plans by Fiji's nurses to ply their trade abroad for better pay would work in Government's favour.

The Fiji Nursing Association has said that it will support its members applying for jobs overseas. The association is also preparing for a nationwide strike on July 24.

However, Bune said that although there is a critical shortage of nurses in Fiji, the interim Government is not giving in to the demands of the FNA for the full restoration of the 5 per cent pay cut, amongst other things.

"I think the more that leave our shores the better for us too because we can address our employment problem by recruiting those who are leaving our school system. And now remittance is almost level with tourism as our main source of foreign exchange."

Bune adds that a nationwide strike by members of FNA will not have much effect on the economy or the people of Fiji.

"We have been saying all along that our offer is final and we cannot give what they want because they got to understand that the economy is barely surviving."

Bune says he remains hopeful of an agreement with the FNA executives in their meeting tomorrow.
It is understood the nurses have made a proposal to the interim Government.

The association has warned that about 1400 nurses will walk out of hospitals next Tuesday unless the Interim Government meets its demands. "
Fijilive

Poseci Bune's comments that nurses would be better off plying their trade abroad is laced with sarcasm and mockery! The last thing the nurses want to do is to go abroad! If people have to leave the comfort of their families, friends and homes, nurses as mothers separated from their husbands and children, just because they could not have a better deal here, then the government has sadly lost the plot.

All this Regime will do is to help build a generation of lost children who are motherless and husbands who will commit adultery because their wives are not at home! Fiji will leave behind a legacy of broken homes and broken people!

Nurses leaving our shores, for that matter, anyone having to leave our shores because of lack of job opportunities and career incentives here proves that drastic policy & legislation changes need to be made to right the wrongs done to Fiji's labour force. This has been going on for too long.

Even before the takeover, the problem of workers leaving as well as the great brain drain, just goes to prove that this issue must be addressed. The greatest loss this nation has is when we can't pay people we train.We can't pay people who work hard to make the nation move!

The workers of this nation deserve a fair deal! If money has to be saved, why don't the Illegal Interim Ministers have their pay cuts. Save money from elsewhere! BUT DON'T PENALISE WORKERS FOR THE UNLAWFUL TAKEOVER OF GOVERNMENT! When the voice of the people is not heard, thats when the REVOLUTION begins!

The people of Fiji are crying! Their hearts are bleeding!
OH LORD HEAR THE PRAYERS OF THE HURTING!