Answer to Question #240439 in Management for Graylin Lapi

Question

 Write an essay to discuss the future of trade unionism in your home country or any South Pacific Island Country. Discuss the factors or issues unions need to discuss to stem the declining trend in union membership and how unions should manage and mitigate the declining trend. Use relevant examples from your country or any South Pacific Island Country to explain and support your answer.

Answer 1

This essay focuses on trade unionism in Fiji, which was established in the line with the colonial government agreements. However, after independence in 1970, a debate on whether the trade union movement was an "agent of state control" or an equal social partner in the affairs of industry and the nation was brought up. As a result, between 1983 and 1984, the Fiji Trade Union Congress, the Fiji Labour Party was formed, which was supported by the government. Since then, trade union in Fiji has been facing opposition. The military coups in the country has jeopardized the success of Fiji trade unions as individuals continue to strongly condemn the latest round of threats and intimidation that emanates from the nation's military regime.