October 13, 2005

The Mari­time Uni­on of New Zea­l­and says it will sup­port the Mari­time Uni­on of Aus­tralia and the Aus­trali­an uni­on move­ment in their fight to pro­tect the rights of work­ers.

Mari­time Uni­on of New Zea­l­and Gen­er­al Sec­ret­ary Tre­vor Han­son says the Aus­trali­an fed­er­al Gov­ern­ment’s plans to attack job stand­ards for work­ers was exper­i­enced on the New Zea­l­and side of the Tas­man Sea in the 1990s, with the Employ­ment Con­tracts Act (ECA) intro­duced by the Nation­al Gov­ern­ment in 1991.