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December 7, 2024
RNZ Pacific A group of concerned alumni of the University of the South Pacific has called the regional institution’s delay in releasing the outcomes of the 98th USP Council meeting held in Rarotonga late last month “totally unacceptable”. The group released a statement on Thursday, stating that the regional university’s main decision-making body and support ... <a title="Alumni group slams USP’s failure to release council meeting outcomes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/07/alumni-group-slams-usps-failure-to-release-council-meeting-outcomes/" aria-label="Read more about Alumni group slams USP’s failure to release council meeting outcomes">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist University of the South Pacific staff unions are giving management “one more chance to come to the table” before they go on strike. On Wednesday, the staff association received the secret ballot outcome from Fiji’s Labour Ministry, which confirmed that they had a mandate for strike action. Association of ... <a title="USP strike: Staff offer management ‘one more chance to come to table’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/15/usp-strike-staff-offer-management-one-more-chance-to-come-to-table/" aria-label="Read more about USP strike: Staff offer management ‘one more chance to come to table’">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
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 ... <a title="USP strike on the cards after council blocks staff papers in pay row" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/usp-strike-on-the-cards-after-council-blocks-staff-papers-in-pay-row/" aria-label="Read more about USP strike on the cards after council blocks staff papers in pay row">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
By Iliana Biutu in Suva University of the South Pacific Union (USPU) president Reuben Colata says industrial action will be the next step if USP does not approve their pay increment being sought. Colata said they did not know why the university did not want to negotiate a salary increase. He said the university had ... <a title="USP union warns of industrial action if fair pay is not approved" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/usp-union-warns-of-industrial-action-if-fair-pay-is-not-approved/" aria-label="Read more about USP union warns of industrial action if fair pay is not approved">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
RNZ Pacific University of the South Pacific (USP) staff gathered outside the Japan-Pacific ICT Centre today to protest over better pay and conditions as well as calling for the removal of the regional institution’s vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia. The university’s main decision making body, the USP Council, is meeting at the Laucala campus this week. ... <a title="‘All talk and no action’ say USP protesters calling for fair pay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/all-talk-and-no-action-say-usp-protesters-calling-for-fair-pay/" aria-label="Read more about ‘All talk and no action’ say USP protesters calling for fair pay">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2022
GRUBSHEET: By Graham Davis With barely four weeks to go to the election, students and staff at the regional University of the South Pacific have stepped up their political activity against the FijiFirst government over its refusal to pay $85 million (and counting) in outstanding contributions to the running of USP. The USP community — ... <a title="Regional USP staff, students call for vote against FijiFirst over $85m unpaid fees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/19/regional-usp-staff-students-call-for-vote-against-fijifirst-over-85m-unpaid-fees/" aria-label="Read more about Regional USP staff, students call for vote against FijiFirst over $85m unpaid fees">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The University of the South Pacific staff and student unions have condemned Fiji Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s claim that a new USP contract offer to the vice-chancellor is illegal, saying he has “misled” the Fiji public with a “baseless” statement. The unions also said he had shown “total disrespect” for the governing ... <a title="USP staff and students hit back at Sayed-Khaiyum’s ‘illegal’ claim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/usp-staff-and-students-hit-back-at-sayed-khaiyums-illegal-claim/" aria-label="Read more about USP staff and students hit back at Sayed-Khaiyum’s ‘illegal’ claim">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk University of the South Pacific staff unions and students have protested in “disgust” over what they call interference and unsolicited presence by Fiji police on the Laucala campus. “We demand that this must immediately stop, to allow staff to work and prepare for incoming students and the semester of learning ahead,” ... <a title="USP staff, student unions protest over Fiji police ‘attack’ on campus safety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/usp-staff-student-unions-protest-over-fiji-police-attack-on-campus-safety/" aria-label="Read more about USP staff, student unions protest over Fiji police ‘attack’ on campus safety">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2021
By Wansolwara staff Staff, students and alumni of the University of the South Pacific have called on the Fiji government to immediately reinstate the work permit for vice-chancellor and president Professor Pal Ahluwalia, who was deported today with his wife, Sandra Price. The USP community also called on the government to issue a formal apology ... <a title="USP staff, students condemn Fiji ‘Gestapo’ tactics, demand Ahluwalia’s return" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/04/usp-staff-students-condemn-fiji-gestapo-tactics-demand-ahluwalias-return/" aria-label="Read more about USP staff, students condemn Fiji ‘Gestapo’ tactics, demand Ahluwalia’s return">Read more</a>
