Year: 2015

Perth protest rally targets oil and gas giant Chevron’s New Zealand operation

A large and noisy ral­ly tar­get­ing off­shore hydro­car­bon cor­po­ra­tion Chevron has tak­en place out­side the New Zealand con­sulate in Perth on the morn­ing of Tues­day 12 May 2015.

Maritimes magazine Autumn 2015 edition online now

More accidents follow calls for national inquiry into port safety

Two seri­ous port acci­dents have occurred since the Mar­itime Union renewed its calls for a nation­al inquiry into New Zealand’s port safe­ty.

Maritime industry inquiry into health and safety required to “shine a light on dark places”

The Mar­itime Union is con­tin­u­ing its call for a nation­al inquiry into port and mar­itime safe­ty.

7 March 2015 — Nationwide Day of Action Against TPPA 

The Mar­itime Union is sup­port­ing the nation­al and inter­na­tion­al cam­paign against the TPPA (Trans Pacif­ic Part­ner­ship Agree­ment) that under­mines work­ers rights and demo­c­ra­t­ic process­es.

Sign the petition against zero hour contracts

The Mar­itime Union is sup­port­ing the cam­paign against zero hour con­tracts. Please sign the Labour Par­ty peti­tion here.

Maritime Union members ratify collective employment agreement with Ports of Auckland Limited

Mar­itime Union mem­bers at the Ports of Auck­land Lim­it­ed have rat­i­fied a pro­posed agree­ment with their employ­er.

Defend the Right to Strike

Employ­er groups around the world try to under­mine the right to strike. Join the glob­al action on Feb­ru­ary 18 to stop them.

Maritime Union supports UK Award-Winning Play About Paul Robeson at Fringe NZ

Paul Robe­son is a name that would be known to most trade union­ists of the old­er gen­er­a­tion, and to many younger ones well versed in labour and trade union his­to­ry.

ITF urges health and safety focus as NZ port operator found responsible for dock death

The Inter­na­tion­al Trans­port Work­ers’ Fed­er­a­tion is reit­er­at­ing the need for strin­gent health and safe­ty mea­sures in ports after an oper­a­tor in New Zealand was found respon­si­ble for a water­side work­ers death. A Welling­ton court ruled in Jan­u­ary 2015 that steve­dor­ing com­pa­ny Cen­tre­Port was to blame for the death of Mark Samoa who was a mem­ber of the […]