Six unions in French Polynesia have issued a joint strike notice for Thursday targeting the territory's four InterContinental hotels in what they call a general strike.
One of the unions, O Oe To Oe Rima launched a fresh strike at the Intercontinental Hotel Moorea last week in a bid to reinstate four sacked men who had already been at the centre of a 45-day strike begun in August.
The new strike notice is for an open-ended period of time and concerns employment conditions at the hotels on Bora Bora, on Tahiti as well as the top resort on Tetiaroa, The Brando.
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The extended strike is also suspected to impact a broad range of businesses.
O Oe To Oe Rima has described the situation at the Moorea hotel as unacceptable.
The four staff were dismissed after a female employee reported they had raped her months earlier.
A police investigation has since failed to establish any wrongdoing and the case has been closed.
However, the hotel is refusing to re-employ them, saying they were sacked because of sexual harassment.
