November 22, 2007

The Port of Napi­er faces indus­tri­al dis­rup­tion and inter­na­tion­al uni­on solid­ar­ity actions as loc­al work­ers pre­pare to defend their live­li­hoods.

The Mari­time Uni­on of New Zea­l­and says man­age­ment actions are put­ting secure loc­al jobs in jeop­ardy and threat­en­ing the future of the port.

A decision by man­age­ment to con­tract out con­tain­er steve­doring will affect around 25 per­man­ent jobs and around 60 cas­u­al jobs at Hawke’s Bay Steve­doring Ser­vices in the Port of Napi­er from the start of next year.