Day: 12 January 2010

We support West Australian offshore workers

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand is sup­port­ing strike action by Mar­itime Union of Aus­tralia (MUA) mem­bers in the West Aus­tralian off­shore oil and gas indus­try.

Mar­itime Union of New Zealand Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary Joe Fleet­wood says many New Zealan­ders work in the Aus­tralian mar­itime indus­try.

He says that the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand works close­ly with the MUA and oth­er unions in inter­na­tion­al alliances such as the Trans Tas­man Oil and Gas Alliance.

Mr Fleet­wood says the Aus­tralian work­ers had the full sup­port of mar­itime work­ers around the world.