February 9, 2007

Major new New Zealand Transport Union on track

The Rail and Mari­time Trans­port Uni­on (RMTU) and Mari­time Uni­on of New Zea­l­and (MUNZ) have announced an ‘agree­ment in prin­ciple’ to form a major new trans­port uni­on.

A joint nego­ti­at­ing team has out­lined a pro­cess for the form­a­tion of the new amal­gam­ated Uni­on that will cov­er both mari­time work­ers in ports and on ves­sels, Rail and oth­er Trans­port Industry work­ers.

Fur­ther nego­ti­ations will now take place on the final struc­ture of the new Uni­on, with the final pro­pos­al to be voted on by all mem­bers of the RMTU and MUNZ.

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