Day: 9 November 2009

Maritime Union elects new national officials in union elections

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand has elect­ed two new nation­al offi­cials in their three-year­ly union elec­tions.

The new Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary of the Union is Joe Fleet­wood of Welling­ton.

A new Assis­tant Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary of the Union has also been elect­ed, Ray Fife, of Bluff.

The Nation­al Pres­i­dent of the Mar­itime Union, Phil Adams of Port Chalmers, was re-elect­ed unop­posed.

The Nation­al Vice Pres­i­dent of the Mar­itime Union, Gar­ry Parsloe of Auck­land, was also re-elect­ed unop­posed.

The elec­tions took place in a postal bal­lot of all finan­cial mem­bers of the Union which closed last Fri­day.

The new Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary of the Union, Joe Fleet­wood, thanked mem­bers for their sup­port and thanked all mem­bers who took part in the demo­c­ra­t­ic process of the elec­tions.