Day: 14 October 2008

Maritime Union puts forward 2008 election goals

The Mar­itime Union has announced its pri­or­i­ties for the 2008 elec­tion.

Mar­itime Union Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary Trevor Han­son says the Union wants to see the return of a Labour-led Gov­ern­ment to con­tin­ue what he describes as incre­men­tal but pos­i­tive moves to devel­op the mar­itime and trans­port indus­tries.

Mr Han­son says the Mar­itime Union is strong­ly endors­ing the New Zealand Coun­cil of Trade Unions (CTU) elec­tion pol­i­cy doc­u­ment, espe­cial­ly regard­ing key issues such as wages, employ­ment rela­tions, health and safe­ty, ACC, and trans­port.