The TUC and the GMB union have joined forces to call on Tate & Lyle to challenge the Fijian military government to end the rapidly escalating labour rights abuses in the country.
Last month Fijian union leaders were arrested on charges of holding a union meeting without a permit, while a decree was introduced banning the right of unions to represent workers in collective bargaining and effectively prohibiting industrial action. In response a demonstration was staged outside the Fiji High Commission in London on 1 September.
Tate & Lyle in the UK has significant leverage over the regime in Fiji, purchasing 100 per cent of its sugar exports.
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