Year: 2010

It’ll ruin us!

Aussie Min­ing cor­po­ra­tions com­plain­ing about new super prof­it tax – heard it all before?

National budget an attack on working class

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand says today’s bud­get is an attack on work­ing class New Zealan­ders.

Maritime Union joins calls to reverse KiwiRail decision

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) is back­ing calls by the Rail and Mar­itime Trans­port Union (RMTU) for the Gov­ern­ment to step in to ensure new rail rolling stock for Auck­land is made in New Zealand.

TPC Wellington cleared for departure following negotiations

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand says it has cleared the TPC Welling­ton to leave Mars­den Point after work­ing with crew mem­bers to arrange their repa­tri­a­tion.

Maritime Union seeks answers for Marsden Point deaths

The Mar­itime Union says that it will be look­ing into health and safe­ty aboard the bulk car­ri­er TPC Welling­ton after a seri­ous acci­dent.

Maersk concerns on port merger hard to take seriously

The Mar­itime Union has dis­missed com­ments by glob­al ship­ping line Maer­sk about the merg­er of Port of Lyt­tel­ton and Port of Ota­go.

Maritimes magazine Autumn 2010 online now

The Autumn 2010 edi­tion of the Mar­itimes mag­a­zine is now avail­able online to down­load.

Crew concerns include pay and pirates

Inter­na­tion­al Trans­port Work­ers Fed­er­a­tion (ITF) New Zealand inspec­tor Gra­hame McLaren says the case of 10 Sri Lankan crew mem­bers aboard the MV Charelle docked at the Ports of Auck­land are an exam­ple of the hard­ships expe­ri­enced by sea­far­ers around the world.

Time is up for Methyl Bromide

The Mar­itime Union is back­ing ral­lies in New Zealand ports over the next week to end the use of methyl bro­mide.

Solidarity with Boron Workers

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand extends its sol­i­dar­i­ty to ILWU Local 30 in Boron, Cal­i­for­nia.