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The President of the Fiji Flight Attendants Trade Union, Joe McGowan says none of the 245 union members who are former workers Fiji Airways were bullied into taking legal action against the airline company after comments made by the Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum in parliament.
While speaking during the motion to increase the Government guarantee for Fiji Airways loans, Sayed-Khaiyum said that some of the former workers were bullied into taking legal action against the airline.
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McGowan says the union has 400 plus members and 245 members decided to go ahead with the legal action.
He stresses no one was forced to take the legal action and according to the law, the grievances were signed individually by the affected workers who wanted to take the action.
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National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman Prasad had also touched on the issue in parliament of Fiji Airways telling the members reapplying for a job to withdraw the case.
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The Flight Attendants Trade Union President says he is not aware of any member asked to withdraw the legal action.
However McGowan reveals that Fiji Airways had communicated to them in an earlier email that the company will not consider anyone who has taken the action.
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EARLIER 12/03/2021
