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Transport workers mobilize as overseas rolling stock arrives in New Zealand

The New Zealand affil­i­ates of the Inter­na­tion­al Trans­port Work­ers’ Fed­er­a­tion (ITF) met today to dis­cuss their con­cerns with the arrival of KiwiRail’s new loco­mo­tives in the coun­try.

Government must improve offshore exploration safety

OIl and gas alliance unions are call­ing on the Gov­ern­ment to boost safe­ty mea­sures in the off­shore indus­try.

Spotlight goes on abuse of overseas crews

The pub­li­ca­tion of a report on the exploita­tion of over­seas fish­ing crews in New Zealand waters by the Sun­day Star Times today has “lift­ed the lid” on what is going on in the indus­try.

Maritime Union will campaign against Government attacks on workers

Changes in employ­ment law from 1 April 2011 are just the start of a broad­er attack on New Zealand’s soci­ety by the Nation­al Gov­ern­men­t’s right wing agen­da.

Maritimes magazine Autumn 2011 online now

Check out the new look online ver­sion of the Mar­itimes mag­a­zine.

Interport 2011

Inter­port 2011 video by Stu Craw­ford of MUNZ Local 10 Port Chalmers Dunedin Branch

Things get tougher from 1 April

From from 1 April 2011 new employ­ment laws will make work even tougher.

Reverse tax cuts for millionaires – and leave our public services alone!

New Zealand work­ers should copy work­ers in the UK, USA, Ire­land and France who have strong­ly resist­ed attacks on pub­lic ser­vices and work­ers in those ser­vices.

Maritime Union offers solidarity to Japan

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand has offered its sym­pa­thy and sol­i­dar­i­ty with the peo­ple of Japan fol­low­ing the dev­as­tat­ing earth­quake and tsuna­mi of 11 March.

Maritime workers relief fund for Canterbury earthquake

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand has start­ed a relief fund to assist mar­itime work­ers and their fam­i­lies affect­ed by the dev­as­tat­ing earth­quake.