Anthony re-elected union president
FIJI Trades Union Congress (FTUC) national secretary Felix Anthony has been reelected as president of the International Trade Union Confederation Asia Pacific (ITUC Asia Pacific).
Mr Anthony was elected for another term a four years through an unanimous decision at the recent ITUC
Asia Pacific
4th Regional Conference held in Tokyo,
Japan.
He is the first Fijian trades union leader to be re-elected to this most senior position in the region.
His re-election is a significant recognition of the work that he has undertaken as the national secretary of FTUC and as member of the ITUC Asia Pacific executive board.
A statement from the FTUC stated Mr Anthony’s re-election was a proud moment for trade union movement in Fiji.
“The ITUC Asia Pacific, headquartered in Singapore, is the largest of the four Regional Organisations of the International Trade Union Confederation which is based in Brussels,” the statement said.
“The ITUC Asia Pacific is an independent and democratic workers organisation to which national trade union organisations of Unions are affiliated and is governed by the regional
Mr Anthony’s achievement has been labelled as a huge milestone for workers of the Asia Pacific region and specifically for Fiji