Year: 2017

Maritime Union mourns death of Wellington member

Union mem­bers and fel­low work­ers around New Zealand mourn the loss of a friend, col­league and com­rade who died yes­ter­day in Welling­ton Hos­pi­tal. 

Agreement reached with Lyttelton Port Company

Lyt­tel­ton Port Com­pa­ny and the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand have reached an agree­ment in prin­ci­ple, and all upcom­ing strike notices are with­drawn. 

War on the Wharves: Spanish Dock Workers Fight Government

Span­ish ports are bat­ten­ing down the hatch­es, brac­ing for mas­sive union strikes against a right-wing gov­ern­ment deter­mined to impose casu­al­i­sa­tion at any cost. 

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss

Prime Min­is­ter Bill Eng­lish began his reign with a dubi­ous promise. On Decem­ber 12th last year he told us his gov­ern­ment will ‘sup­port unions’. That’ll make a nice change. After eight years of John Key’s anti-work­er poli­cies kick­ing us in the teeth and bleed­ing us dry, a friend­ly gov­ern­ment will be a wel­come change indeed. […]