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Port proposals to reduce worker protections when contracting out unhelpful

Mem­bers of the Mar­itime Union were frus­trat­ed today that in medi­a­tion the Ports of Auck­land has tabled a doc­u­ment that press­es ahead with reduc­tions to job secu­ri­ty for wharfies.

Ports of Auckland workers return to work

At 8.30 am Thurs­day 5 April a group of engi­neers will be the first of the MUNZ mem­bers to return to work at the Ports of Auck­land.

Auckland has its Port back but this never should have happened

Auck­land cit­i­zens, work­ers and busi­ness­es will wel­come news that their Port will be up and run­ning again soon, fol­low­ing Port management’s drop­ping of their plan to casu­alise its work­force, FIRST Union said today.

Great relief for Auckland wharfies and their families

Auck­land wharfies are today relieved to hear that they can return to work to get the Port up and run­ning again for Auck­land.

Court finds union case ‘seriously arguable’

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand wel­comes the Employ­ment Courts writ­ten rea­sons, released today, for Tuesday’s grant­i­ng of an injunc­tion stop­ping the Ports of Auck­land con­tract­ing out.

Breakers fan stoked thundersticks will be there on Friday

New Zealand Break­ers fan Matt Balm­forth is stoked that the thun­der­sticks will be there in time for Friday’s semi final at Vec­tor Are­na.

Ports plans now looking like a train wreck

Today’s injunc­tion stop­ping Ports of Auck­land pro­gress­ing its plans to dis­miss and replace its work­force, com­bined with the company’s plan of an indef­i­nite lock­out, leaves Auck­land Coun­cil with no choice but to inter­vene to find a work­able solu­tion to the indus­tri­al dis­pute, the Mar­itime Union said today.

Outsourcing fishing observers role is dangerous for the industry

Mar­itime Union of NZ Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary, Joe Fleet­wood, said today that the gov­ern­ment is van­dal­is­ing the New Zealand fish­ing indus­try with plans to con­tract out the fish­ing observers for fish­ing ves­sels.

Outsourcing fishing observers role is dangerous for the industry

Mar­itime Union of NZ Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary, Joe Fleet­wood, said today that the gov­ern­ment is van­dal­is­ing the New Zealand fish­ing indus­try with plans to con­tract out the fish­ing observers for fish­ing ves­sels.

CTU asks what is the Transport Minister withholding on Ports of Auckland

The Coun­cil of Trade Unions is call­ing on Trans­port Min­is­ter Ger­ry Brown­lee to tell Auck­lan­ders what infor­ma­tion he is with­hold­ing on the Ports of Auck­land dis­pute.