Day: 6 September 2006

Maritime Union backs Progressive workers battle

The Mar­itime Union is sup­port­ing locked out mem­bers of the Nation­al Dis­tri­b­u­tion Union at Pro­gres­sive Enter­pris­es sites in Auck­land, Palmer­ston North and Christchurch.

Mar­itime Union Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary Trevor Han­son says the Union has com­mit­ted itself to finan­cial, prac­ti­cal and moral sup­port for the work­ers and their pick­ets.

He says the sit­u­a­tion is a seri­ous one because it showed how multi­na­tion­al cor­po­rates in New Zealand are deter­mined to cre­ate a low-wage econ­o­my.