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. 

After a final round of meet­ings this week the deal will be put before mem­bers for rat­i­fi­ca­tion.

“Our mem­bers stood strong, they stood togeth­er and we now have a deal on the table,” says union Nation­al Sec­re­tary Joe Fleet­wood.

“I would like to thank all the MUNZ branch­es for the uni­ty and sol­i­dar­i­ty shown, and the many offers of sup­port from our inter­na­tion­al fam­i­ly.”

Lyt­tel­ton Branch Sec­re­tary Gary Horan says he is grate­ful to MUNZ mem­bers around the coun­try, and appre­ci­ates the role played by union leader Joe Fleet­wood dur­ing nego­ti­a­tions.

“We real­ly appre­ci­ate the sup­port from our broth­ers,” says Mr Horan.

“Hope­ful­ly our result here can be a bench­mark for work­ers in oth­er ports.”