December 21, 2007

Mari­time work­ers are cel­eb­rat­ing tonight after a suc­cess­ful res­ol­u­tion of the Port of Napi­er dis­pute in medi­ation this after­noon.

Mari­time Uni­on Gen­er­al Sec­ret­ary Tre­vor Han­son says the week long dis­pute had been about secure loc­al jobs being pre­served at the port.

“We wanted ship­ping com­pan­ies to be able to use steve­dores where secure loc­al jobs could be achieved. Ship­ping com­pan­ies wanted a solu­tion, we sup­plied one, and the port is back in action as of now.”