Sugar mill workers in Fiji are to get a pay rise of 5.3 percent two weeks after they had threatened strike action.
The Fiji Sugar Corporation says the workers will also get access to health insurance and the special welfare fund, while overtime is being paid for the first time in several years.
But the Fiji Trades Union Council says the small increase just shows how out of touch the Corporation is.
It says the workers real wages have declined by 40 percent in the past seven years, while the shorter harvests mean they can remain unemployed for longer, sometimes up to eight months a year.
It says the small increase is no consolation.
The FTUC says the Corporation is also misleading with the claims about health insurance because the majority of workers will not be able to meet the premiums.
