Day: 23 June 2008

Action on casual workers welcomed

The Mar­itime Union has wel­comed a Gov­ern­ment announce­ment that it intends to improve pro­tec­tions for casu­al work­ers.

Mar­itime Union Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary Trevor Han­son says the Union has been argu­ing since 1991 that the prac­tice of employ­ing casu­al labour on the water­front is degrad­ing and unfair.

“It is sim­i­lar to the sit­u­a­tion of a cen­tu­ry ago when work­ers lined up for work at the port gate, and many were vic­tim­ized or refused work.”