October 25, 2006

Mari­time uni­ons from around the Pacific are rep­res­en­ted in Wel­ling­ton this week for the second three-yearly con­fer­ence of the Mari­time Uni­on of New Zea­l­and.
The Mari­time Uni­on of New Zea­l­and has wel­comed del­eg­a­tions from the All Japan Dock­ers Uni­on, the Inter­na­tion­al Long­shore and Ware­house Uni­on (ILWU) from the west coast of North Amer­ica, and the Mari­time Uni­on of Aus­tralia, who have made present­a­tions at the con­fer­ence on indus­tri­al and polit­ic­al issues.
Mari­time Uni­on Gen­er­al Sec­ret­ary Tre­vor Han­son says sev­er­al key themes have emerged from the Con­fer­ence.