Year: 2022

Out of touch Luxon demands that poorest pay

Union view: Nation­al eco­nom­ic agen­da is out of touch and would only boost debt, pump up infla­tion and make it hard­er for mid­dle income and work­ing New Zealan­ders to get ahead.

Congestion crisis highlights urgent need for New Zealand coastal shipping

The devel­op­ing cri­sis of con­ges­tion and delays is being made worse by a lack of New Zealand based coastal ship­ping in the freight space.

Port unions take action on Russian flagged ships

The two unions rep­re­sent­ing work­ers in New Zealand ports say their mem­bers are reluc­tant to work Russ­ian flagged ships in New Zealand ports and are look­ing at meth­ods of protest fol­low­ing the out­break of war.

Maritime industry says fuel quality issues threaten New Zealand fuel security

The cam­paign for fuel secu­ri­ty Save Our Tankers is com­prised of the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand rep­re­sent­ing sea­far­ers, the New Zealand Mer­chant Ser­vice Guild rep­re­sent­ing ship’s mas­ters and offi­cers, and the Avi­a­tion and Marine Engi­neers Asso­ci­a­tion rep­re­sent­ing marine engi­neers.

Social insurance means greater income security for workers

The Mar­itime Union is back­ing the Social Unem­ploy­ment Insur­ance Scheme agreed between Gov­ern­ment, Busi­ness New Zealand, and the Coun­cil of Trade Unions.

Fuel security campaign meets with Government over concerns

The cam­paign for fuel secu­ri­ty met with the Deputy Prime Min­is­ter Hon. Grant Robert­son in Welling­ton yes­ter­day to dis­cuss the immi­nent threat to the future of New Zealand coastal fuel tankers.

Testing and returning to work during Omicron

Offi­cial Gov­ern­ment advice on test­ing and return­ing to work dur­ing Omi­cron at this link.

Concern over fuel shortage risk as shipping disruptions continue

There are con­cerns in the mar­itime sec­tor that petrol sup­plies could be affect­ed by the same type of ship­ping dis­rup­tions cre­at­ing chaos in oth­er sup­ply chains.

Campaign for New Zealand coastal tankers says fuel security at risk

Three unions rep­re­sent­ing New Zealand ship­ping crews are mount­ing a unit­ed cam­paign to pro­tect New Zealand’s fuel secu­ri­ty and save New Zealand coastal tankers.

A shipping plan to resolve the supply chain crisis

New Zealand needs a nation­al ports strat­e­gy that links in with a coastal ship­ping strat­e­gy, and we need to get this up and run­ning now.