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Rena-style navigation interference at play in Ports dispute

Lessons from the Rena dis­as­ter clear­ly haven’t been learnt, as new evi­dence emerges of delib­er­ate attempts by ship­ping com­pa­ny Maer­sk to inter­fere with the nav­i­ga­tion sys­tems of two ships arriv­ing into Auck­land dur­ing the cur­rent Ports dis­pute. Mar­itime work­ers track­ing coastal ship­ping move­ments noticed that the Irenes Rem­e­dy and Maer­sk Aberdeen have in recent days […]

Port contracting out proposal unlawful — union

The Mar­itime Union says that the Ports of Auck­land deci­sion to dis­miss its work­force is unlaw­ful, and work­ers will chal­lenge it. The Mar­itime Union has asked the Employ­ment Court for a rul­ing on whether Port man­age­ment dis­miss­ing its work­force, while in nego­ti­a­tions over an employ­ment agree­ment for those jobs, is against the law, MUNZ Nation­al […]

Maritime Union offer to continue mediation

The Mar­itime Union believes that a small amount of progress was made at medi­a­tion with Ports of Auck­land man­age­ment over Thurs­day and Fri­day this week.

Ports of Auckland families tell their story in online video

Ports of Auck­land work­ers and their fam­i­lies strug­gling to defend secure jobs and their liveli­hoods have tak­en their mes­sage to the peo­ple in a three minute online video.

Second week of full strike action announced at Ports of Auckland

The Mar­itime Union has announced ongo­ing strike action at Ports of Auck­land.

Seven day full strike for Ports of Auckland

The Mar­itime Union has this after­noon placed a new 7 day full strike notice on the Ports of Auck­land.

Maritime Union corrects misleading information from Ports of Auckland CEO

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand has cor­rect­ed mis­lead­ing infor­ma­tion from the CEO of Ports of Auck­land Lim­it­ed (POAL) on the cur­rent indus­tri­al dis­pute.

Further industrial action to protect secure jobs at Ports of Auckland

Fur­ther strike action announced after unan­i­mous vote at work­ers meet­ing.

Port expansion row shows management “isolated and out of touch”

The Mar­itime Union says the debate about the expan­sion of the Ports of Auck­land shows a port com­pa­ny man­age­ment who were out of touch and iso­lat­ed.

Ports of Auckland squanders public money on anti-worker advocate

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand has con­demned the employ­ment of Jon Mayson by Ports of Auck­land Lim­it­ed (POAL) man­age­ment dur­ing the cur­rent indus­tri­al dis­pute.