[1] From 1990 to 2006, he was also involved in the leadership of the Fiji Electricity and Allied Workers Union (FEAWU).
[7] In August 2011 following the military regime's promulgation of a decree which banned strikes, he was arrested for unlawful assembly after holding a union meeting.
[10] He was subsequently charged with sedition over a supposed coup plot against dictator Frank Bainimarama.
[16] He planned to stand as a candidate for the party at the 2014 Fijian general election,[17] and resigned his position as president of the National Union of Hospitality, Catering and Tourism Industries in order to comply with a regime decree banning union leaders from being political candidates.
He was selected as a candidate for the People's Alliance at the 2022 election,[22] but his candidacy was again rejected by the Electoral Office.