Casual workers must be offered support in recession

The Mar­itime Union says that pro­tec­tion for casu­al work­ers in the eco­nom­ic reces­sion is a major focus for 2009.

Mar­itime Union Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary Trevor Han­son says the Union is inter­est­ed in meet­ing with the incom­ing Min­is­ter of Labour in the new Nation­al-led Gov­ern­ment to dis­cuss the plight of casu­al work­ers.