Day: 31 January 2005

Overseas workers living in converted containers on Lyttelton waterfront

The Mar­itime Union is con­cerned that a group of over­seas work­ers are liv­ing on the Lyt­tel­ton water­front in con­vert­ed con­tain­ers. Mar­itime Union Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary Trevor Han­son says inquiries by union offi­cials into the liv­ing con­di­tions of five Lithuan­ian rig­gers in Lyt­tel­ton had uncov­ered a dis­turb­ing sit­u­a­tion. The work­ers were flown in from Ger­many to work […]