By Apenisa Waqairadovu in Suva
The Association of the University of the South Pacific Staff (AUSPS) will now make necessary submissions to go on a strike.
This comes after AUSPS president Elizabeth Read Fong confirmed that the USP Council had denied staff papers to be presented in this week’s USP Council meeting.
Fong said this meant there would be no pay adjustments, among other things they had asked for.
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She said that the next step would be to take industrial action, and they will give 21 days’ notice prior to the planned action.
She added that they would decide on the date of the protest for maximum impact.
The staff braved the wet conditions today to carry out a second day of peaceful protest outside the meeting venue of the USP Council.
Fong said staff still wanted vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia to step down or be removed from his role.
The meeting will conclude later today.
Apenisa Waqairadovu is a FBC News multimedia journalist.
This post was originally published on Asia Pacific Report.
