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Maritimes magazine Winter 2010 online now

The Win­ter 2010 edi­tion of the Mar­itimes mag­a­zine is now avail­able online to down­load.

National anti-worker attack will be resisted

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand says Nation­al’s announce­ment of attacks on work­ers rights will be fought hard.

Rail campaign Dunedin meeting attracts positive public response

A pub­lic meet­ing in South Dunedin on Mon­day 12 July to sup­port the cam­paign to build new trains for Auck­land in New Zealand work­shops attract­ed around 50 peo­ple.

New Zealand unions protest Mexican government’s use of force against striking workers

New Zealand unions includ­ing the Mar­itime Union deliv­ered a let­ter to offi­cials of the Mex­i­can Embassy express­ing con­cern at the use of force against Mex­i­can work­ers.

It’ll ruin us!

Aussie Min­ing cor­po­ra­tions com­plain­ing about new super prof­it tax – heard it all before?

National budget an attack on working class

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand says today’s bud­get is an attack on work­ing class New Zealan­ders.

Maritime Union joins calls to reverse KiwiRail decision

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) is back­ing calls by the Rail and Mar­itime Trans­port Union (RMTU) for the Gov­ern­ment to step in to ensure new rail rolling stock for Auck­land is made in New Zealand.

TPC Wellington cleared for departure following negotiations

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand says it has cleared the TPC Welling­ton to leave Mars­den Point after work­ing with crew mem­bers to arrange their repa­tri­a­tion.

Maritime Union seeks answers for Marsden Point deaths

The Mar­itime Union says that it will be look­ing into health and safe­ty aboard the bulk car­ri­er TPC Welling­ton after a seri­ous acci­dent.

Maersk concerns on port merger hard to take seriously

The Mar­itime Union has dis­missed com­ments by glob­al ship­ping line Maer­sk about the merg­er of Port of Lyt­tel­ton and Port of Ota­go.