Day: 22 November 2007

Port of Napier faces national and international industrial action

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.