December 2, 2008

The Mari­time Uni­on says it is com­mit­ted to a res­ol­u­tion in the Ports of Auck­land dis­pute, and mem­bers will be dis­cuss­ing a way for­ward dur­ing a one day strike that starts tonight.

Around 300 work­ers in the Ports of Auck­land con­tain­er ter­min­al steve­doring, road, rail, shuttle and engin­eer­ing ser­vices areas will with­draw labour for a 24 hour peri­od start­ing at 10.59pm on Tues­day 2 Decem­ber.