They served as trade unions to collectively negotiate with sugar mills.
Other groups were formed to provide leverage to ethnic sections of the community, such as Indians in Fiji and indigenous Fijian people.
The 1921 strike by sugar cane farmers was a spontaneous action led by Vashist Muni.
Umbrella organisations were formed to present a united front in negotiating with the CSR and later the Fiji Sugar Corporation (FSC) (est.
Current and former sugar cane farmers−growers unions in Fiji, by date established, include: