Day: 19 November 2009

Job losses averted at Port Otago

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand says an agree­ment it has reached with Port Ota­go Lim­it­ed is a “win win” sit­u­a­tion that will pre­vent job loss­es.

Mar­itime Union Nation­al Pres­i­dent Phil Adams says a meet­ing of 150 car­go han­dlers held yes­ter­day at Port Chalmers vot­ed in favour of a pro­pos­al ham­mered out by the Unions and the Com­pa­ny.

Mem­bers of the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand and the Rail and Mar­itime Trans­port Union attend­ed the meet­ing.

Mr Adams says the pro­pos­al will see no com­pul­so­ry redun­dan­cies amongst the work­force.

“We believe the work­force will respond to the Com­pa­ny’s efforts by con­tin­u­ing to ensure a high lev­el of pro­duc­tiv­i­ty.”