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 .^[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 (13 December 2008)

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Mouvement de grève à Air Vanuatu : une trentaine d'arrestations" Archived 7 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Tahiti Presse, 9 December 2005
^ "The Political parties and groupings of Vanuatu" Archived 31 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, ALP / Political Institute of Public Policy, pp.47–8
^ "Re: Employment Act and fair treatment" Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Ephraim Kalsakau (letter to the editor of the Vanuatu Daily Postt), 10 December 2008
^ "LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF 5 JULY 2004", Vanuatu Election Commission
^ "Aucune majorité ne devrait se dégager", Les Nouvelles calédoniennes, 5 September 2008
^ "Unelco staff strike" Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Vanuatu Daily Post], 22 April 2009
^ "Vanuatu Workers Union asked by PM to delay strike decision". Radio New Zealand International. 6 October 2005. Retrieved 29 September 2011.

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[tahitipresse.pf-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Mouvement de grève à Air Vanuatu : une trentaine d'arrestations" Archived 7 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Tahiti Presse, 9 December 2005

[2] "The Political parties and groupings of Vanuatu" Archived 31 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, ALP / Political Institute of Public Policy, pp.47–8

[3] "Re: Employment Act and fair treatment" Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Ephraim Kalsakau (letter to the editor of the Vanuatu Daily Postt), 10 December 2008

[4] "LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF 5 JULY 2004", Vanuatu Election Commission

[5] "Aucune majorité ne devrait se dégager", Les Nouvelles calédoniennes, 5 September 2008

[6] "Unelco staff strike" Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Vanuatu Daily Post], 22 April 2009

[RNZI_19742-7] "Vanuatu Workers Union asked by PM to delay strike decision". Radio New Zealand International. 6 October 2005. Retrieved 29 September 2011.

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