The Water­front Work­ers Union and Sea­far­ers Unions formed the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand in 2002. It was a log­i­cal move for two close­ly allied groups of work­ers — sea­far­ers and wharfies — have a long his­to­ry of look­ing out for each oth­er. Both Unions had their ori­gins in the late nine­teenth cen­tu­ry when mar­itime … Con­tin­ue read­ing Union His­to­ry