FIJI: Interim Government hopeful mediation will work

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Updated July 20, 2007 16:24:56

Fiji's Interim Minister for Labour and Industrial Relations, Bernadette Rounds Ganilau says only when mediation with the unions is exhausted will the government consider permission for strike action. Minister Ganilau insists that until the outcome of this afternoons talks between the Nursing Association and the Minister for Public Service Poscei Bune is known, no decision will be given on the nurses strike planned for next Tuesday.

Presenter: Geraldine Coutts
Speakers: Bernadette Rounds Ganilau, Fiji's Interim Minister for Labour and Industrial Relations

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