Maritime Union vows national action to save Napier jobs

The Mar­itime Union is gear­ing up for nation­al and inter­na­tion­al action to pro­tect secure local jobs at the Port of Napi­er.

Mem­bers of the Mar­itime Union employed at Hawkes Bay Steve­dor­ing Ser­vices have been threat­ened with job loss­es after a con­tain­er steve­dor­ing con­tract was award­ed to Mount Maun­ganui based steve­dore ISO.

Mar­itime Union Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary Trevor Han­son says the deci­sion by the port com­pa­ny has already gen­er­at­ed a major back­lash, with a nation­al meet­ing of the Union today call­ing for sol­i­dar­i­ty action with the Napi­er work­ers.