May 7, 2009

Striking cabin crew get support: NZPA

The Mari­time Uni­on of New Zea­l­and today voiced sup­port for strik­ing Air New Zea­l­and cab­in crew.

The 240 crew employed by Air NZ sub­si­di­ary Zeal walked off the job today for four days after months of fruit­less nego­ti­ations over pay par­ity with staff employed dir­ectly by the air­line.

Full story here.

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Maritime workers back locked out flight attendants

Maritime Union supports flight attendant picket in Wellington

The Mari­time Uni­on is back­ing locked out flight attend­ants employed by Air New Zea­l­and sub­si­di­ary Zeal 320.

Mari­time Uni­on of New Zea­l­and Gen­er­al Sec­ret­ary Tre­vor Han­son says water­front work­ers and sea­farers sup­por­ted protests by locked out work­ers in Auck­land and Wel­ling­ton today.

“The Mari­time Uni­on will give full and act­ive sup­port to our fel­low trans­port work­ers and their uni­on the EPMU in this dis­pute.”

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