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.”