Day: 14 December 2005

A grim Christmas for foreign fishing crews

The Mar­itime Union says the arrest of shipjumpers in Nel­son is not solv­ing the cause of the prob­lem.
Six Viet­namese shipjumpers were arrest­ed on Tues­day night in Nel­son.
Mar­itime Union Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary Trevor Han­son says action is need­ed to ensure that crew mem­bers are being employed under decent con­di­tions.
“This Christ­mas, there will be over­seas crews work­ing in New Zealand waters in dan­ger­ous con­di­tions, for low pay, suf­fer­ing abuse and exploita­tion, while we turn a blind eye because it is mak­ing a fat prof­it for some­one.”