TEACHERS JOIN THE FRAY!

"More than 4,200 members of the Fijian Teachers Association are now getting ready to go on strike from Thursday morning if cabinet does not give into the FTA's demands tomorrow.

FTA President, Tevita Koroi said they have given the interim government enough time and they are waiting for the cabinet meeting to reach the final decision on the strike this week.

Koroi has made it clear that the FTA wants the 5 percent pay cut to be restored by August, retirement age to remain at 60 years and the Partnership Agreement regarding COLA increments to remain in place."fijivillagenews

The Illegal Interim Prime Minister should have realised by now that steering the helm of his naval ships was far easier than trying to steer the national ship. Easier said than done. Not even any well thought out contingency plan to avert the disaster of a massive nation wide strike by the nations labour force would have worked.

The unions have the governments arm behid their back. For most indigenous union supporters, this is SHOWTIME....a way to bring down an Illegal regime, to cripple it to the core....... A way to get back at a regime that has brought nothing but heartache, pain and shame to this nation.

The teachers like the nurses demand the restoration of their 5% pay cut. They want the retirement age to remain at 60yrs. Plus the agreement on COLA increments to be in place.

The big question is , WILL THIS REGIME BUDGE?

Now it is a matter of wills. The will of an Illegal Dictatorship or the will of the people. History has shown us over and over again that a unified will of a mass group of people can overturn ANYTHING!

More than 4200 members of the FTA will soon be sitting down. Children will be staying at home. Bus operators will lose business. Other essential services will lose out. There are already 1400 nurses on strike. Already the economy is feeling the downward pull.

FICTU is also gearing up for their strike action. A massive group of Fiji's labour force striking all at once will all but bring this nation to a grinding halt and an Illegal Interim Regime to it's knees. They need to be reminded that being on one's knees is the position of humility & repentance.

However Humility & Repentance is one virtue that this regime sadly lacks but greatly needs!