Ephraim Kalsakau
Ephraim Kalsakau (or Éphraïm Kalsakau[1]) is a ni-Vanuatu trade unionist and politician.
In 1987, he spearheaded the founding of the Vanuatu Labour Party (VLP), to be the political arm of united trade unions.[2] He has rejected the idea that "there is a major difference between the Vanuaaku Pati and the UMP", the country's two major parties.[3]
In 2004, he stood unsuccessfully for Parliament as a VLP candidate in Port Vila.[4] In the 2008 general election, he was elected to Parliament, representing the VLP.[5]
He is currently the secretary general of the Vanuatu National Workers Union.[1][6][7]
External links
- "Le mouvement travailliste et politique", Ephraim Kalsakau, in Howard Van Trease & Michelle Craw (eds.), La politique Mélanésienne, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific (Institute of Pacific Studies), 1995, pp. 431–6
- "Re: Comparisons by Chamber of Commerce and Industry and USP", a letter to the editor of the Vanuatu Daily Post by Ephraim Kalsakau, on the distortion of statistics relating to the rights and conditions of workers (December 13, 2008)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mouvement de grève à Air Vanuatu : une trentaine d'arrestations", Tahiti Presse, December 9, 2005
- ↑ "The Political parties and groupings of Vanuatu", ALP / Political Institute of Public Policy, pp.47-8
- ↑ "Re: Employment Act and fair treatment", Ephraim Kalsakau (letter to the editor of the Vanuatu Daily Postt), December 10, 2008
- ↑ "LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF 5 JULY 2004", Vanuatu Election Commission
- ↑ "Aucune majorité ne devrait se dégager", Les Nouvelles calédoniennes, September 5, 2008
- ↑ "Unelco staff strike", Vanuatu Daily Post], April 22, 2009
- ↑ "Vanuatu Workers Union asked by PM to delay strike decision". Radio New Zealand International. October 6, 2005. Retrieved September 29, 2011.