Day: 17 May 2006

Treatment of Ukrainian Crew a national disgrace

The Mar­itime Union says that the treat­ment of a Ukrain­ian fish­ing crew in Lyt­tel­ton is a nation­al dis­grace and a prime exam­ple of the prob­lems plagu­ing the fish­ing indus­try.

The crew have been on strike for unpaid wages aboard the fish­ing ves­sel Malakhov Kur­gan which is laid up in the Port of Lyt­tel­ton.

Eight crew mem­bers remain on strike aboard after refus­ing a deal that 19 of their fel­low crew mem­bers accept­ed.