Ema Druavesi

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Template:Short description Ema Druavesi is a former Fijian trade unionist and politician.

Druavesi was born in Suva and educated at the Fiji Institute of Technology.[1] She worked as a laboratory assistant at the University of the South Pacific and in 1982 became president of USP's staff union.[1] She stood unsuccessfully as a coalition candidate in the Fijian electorate of Kadavu–Tamavua–Suva Suburban in the 1987 Fijian general election.[1] In 1989 she formed the Fiji Garment Workers Union,[2] and campaigned against low wages and sweatshop labour in Fiji's garment industry.[3][4]

She later became general secretary and spokesperson for the nationalist Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei party.[5] Following the 2006 Fijian coup d'état she pledged her support to the FijiFirst party.[6]

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