November 22, 2006

The Mari­time Uni­on of New Zea­l­and says the Port of Auck­land is too import­ant to be dis­rup­ted by the pro­posed water­front sta­di­um.

Mari­time Uni­on Loc­al 13 Pres­id­ent Denis Carl­isle says job losses are a major con­cern if the sta­di­um inter­feres with the run­ning of Ports of Auck­land, and the Uni­on would con­sider indus­tri­al action to pro­tect work­ers live­li­hoods.

“The Ports of Auck­land are ask­ing for guar­an­tees that they will not suf­fer any fin­an­cial loss from the sta­di­um pro­ject, and like­wise the Mari­time Uni­on will be seek­ing com­pens­a­tion for our mem­bers for any loss of work.”