New Zealand workers rally in support of Mexican workers

New Zealand union rep­re­sen­ta­tives will ral­ly on Thurs­day 17 Feb­ru­ary 2011 out­side the Mex­i­can Embassy in Welling­ton at 12.30pm in sup­port of Mex­i­can work­ers’ rights as part of an inter­na­tion­al week of sol­i­dar­i­ty actions.

1951 lockout documentary (part 1)

In 1951, New Zealand tem­porar­i­ly became a police state. Civ­il lib­er­ties were cur­tailed, free­dom of speech denied, and the Gov­ern­ment used force against its own cit­i­zens. This film tells the sto­ry of the infa­mous lock­out of water­side work­ers and the nation­wide strike which fol­lowed.

Winning in the world’s ports

In every cor­ner of the globe, dock work­ers’ unions are organ­is­ing. A film pro­duced for the ITF dock­ers sec­tion con­fer­ence at the ITF 42nd Con­gress.

Rail manufacturing decision idiotic

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand says the deci­sion by KiwiRail to off­shore pro­duc­tion of rail wag­ons is an indict­ment on the Nation­al Gov­ern­ment and KiwiRail man­age­ment.

TPPA free trade deal should be dropped

The Mar­itime Union is call­ing for the aban­don­ment of the Trans Pacif­ic Part­ner­ship Agree­ment, describ­ing the free trade plan as a “sell out to glob­al cor­po­ra­tions.”

Maritime workers support student campaign

The Mar­itime Union is sup­port­ing the Save Our Ser­vices cam­paign by New Zealand stu­dents to stop vol­un­tary stu­dent mem­ber­ship (VSM) of stu­dent asso­ci­a­tions.