Ferry company safety shortcuts not acceptable

The Mar­itime Union says attempts to sack the crew of the Cook Strait fer­ry “Kent” by employ­ers Strait Ship­ping is dri­ven by attempts by man­age­ment to bypass new safe­ty reg­u­la­tions.

Mar­itime Union Welling­ton Branch Sec­re­tary Mike Williams says the threats to sack a crew is because the work­ers will not com­pro­mise on health and safe­ty.