Timoci Naivaluwaqa
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Timoci Naivaluwaqa was a Fiji
an trade union
ist and a founding member of the Fiji Labour Party
in 1985.
Naivaluwaqa was General Secretary of the Fiji Hotel and Catering Union FHCU from 1999 till his death, and also served as President of the Fiji Trade Union Congress. Prior to working for the FHCU, Naivaluwaqa worked in the sugar industry and was based in Labasa.
Naivaluwaqa died of kidney failure on 16 January 2006 at the age of 52. His wife Susie survived him, along with four children and six grandchildren.
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
an trade union
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
ist and a founding member of the Fiji Labour Party
Fiji Labour Party
The Fiji Labour Party is a political party in Fiji, which holds observer status with the Socialist International. Most of its support at present comes from the Indo-Fijian community, although it is officially multiracial and its first leader was an indigenous Fijian, Dr. Timoci Bavadra. It is...
in 1985.
Naivaluwaqa was General Secretary of the Fiji Hotel and Catering Union FHCU from 1999 till his death, and also served as President of the Fiji Trade Union Congress. Prior to working for the FHCU, Naivaluwaqa worked in the sugar industry and was based in Labasa.
Naivaluwaqa died of kidney failure on 16 January 2006 at the age of 52. His wife Susie survived him, along with four children and six grandchildren.