A Vanuatu
union has warned companies more workers are prepared to take action over
grievances.
(An aerial view of Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila Photo: Supplied)
This
follows the Warwick Le Lagon Resort & Spa on Saturday being forced to
reverse a decision to sack staff.
52 staff had
been sacked but were re-instated just ten hours later.
The workers
had protested that not all allowances had been paid and after the terminations
another 100 or more workers threatened to join them.
Police were
called to remove the sacked workers, but they refused to go.
However the
Vanuatu National Workers Union helped them reach an amicable solution and union
official Ephraim Kalsakau says he is pleased with the workers' resolve.
"This
is the first time for me to see people actually taking action and then
supporting themselves in such a way. So, I don't think its a good sign for
companies who think that terminating workers is a good thing. I think they
should realise that it's time, for us to sit and sort out things when they
arise."
A workers'
union official Ephraim Kalsakau.
Mike Ingpen
Sub-regional
Secretary Oceania
Public
Services International
