Day: 9 February 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.