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Maritime workers recover crews’ wages in New Zealand ITF week of action

Tens of thou­sands of dol­lars of out­stand­ing pay for sea­far­ers is in the process of recov­ery after action last week by the Inter­na­tion­al Trans­port Work­ers’ Fed­er­a­tion (ITF) in New Zealand ports. Del­e­ga­tions of dock­work­ers and sea­far­ers rep­re­sent­ing the ITF vis­it­ed five ves­sels in New Zealand ports as part of a week long Flag of Con­ve­nience / […]

Get out and vote

It’s easy to sign up with the union movement’s Get Out and Vote cam­paign!

A balanced approach to offshore development

]The Mar­itime Union sup­ports the respon­si­ble devel­op­ment of the off­shore indus­try, both for oil and gas, and min­er­al resources.

Progress of FCV “slave ships” Bill is good news – but much work remains to be done.

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand says the progress of the “slave ships” Bill in the New Zealand Par­lia­ment is good news – but much work remains to be done.

Maritimes magazine Autumn 2014 now online

This edi­tion of the Mar­itimes mag­a­zine cov­ers the new Region­al Mar­itime Fed­er­a­tion, the off­shore oil and gas indus­try, the 2014 Inter­port sports com­pe­ti­tion and much more.

War on the wharves MUNZ vs MUA charity boxing event video

Maritime unions gather to strengthen South Pacific unionism

Mar­itime Unions have met in Auck­land to work towards a Region­al Mar­itime Fed­er­a­tion to build union strength through­out the South Pacif­ic.

National mobilisation against TPPA on Saturday 29 March: 15 towns & cities

A nation­al day of action to stop the Trans-Pacif­ic Part­ner­ship Agree­ment will take place on Sat­ur­day 29 March 2014.

Ratification of global fisheries agreement a positive step

The Mar­itime Union says the rat­i­fi­ca­tion of a new glob­al fish­eries agree­ment by the New Zealand Gov­ern­ment is pos­i­tive news, but New Zealand still has a long way to go to fix sys­temic prob­lems in the fish­ing sec­tor.

War on the Wharves 3

For the first time, a squad of MUNZ mem­bers from the north to the south will be fac­ing off against their MUA com­rades in the South Paci­fic’s pre­miere mar­itime box­ing fix­ture.