May 31, 2007

Maritime Union of New Zealand says it will stop work on blacklisted ship in Australian dispute

The Mari­time Uni­on of New Zea­l­and says it will stop work on the ship involved in the Port Kembla water­front dis­pute in Aus­tralia if it comes to New Zea­l­and.

Mari­time Uni­on Gen­er­al Sec­ret­ary Tre­vor Han­son says if the MV Capo Noli enters any port in New Zea­l­and, the dis­pute in Port Kembla will be imme­di­ately exten­ded to New Zea­l­and.

The Uni­on has offered its full sup­port to the Mari­time Uni­on of Aus­tralia, who are fight­ing an attempt by mul­tina­tion­al ship­ping cor­por­a­tion CSL to make Third World crews do water­front work in Port Kembla in New South Wales.

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