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Secure jobs safe after Port of Napier resolution

Mar­itime work­ers are cel­e­brat­ing tonight after a suc­cess­ful res­o­lu­tion of the Port of Napi­er dis­pute in medi­a­tion this after­noon.

Mar­itime Union Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary Trevor Han­son says the week long dis­pute had been about secure local jobs being pre­served at the port.

“We want­ed ship­ping com­pa­nies to be able to use steve­dores where secure local jobs could be achieved. Ship­ping com­pa­nies want­ed a solu­tion, we sup­plied one, and the port is back in action as of now.”

Global solidarity actions shut down Port of Napier

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand has claimed a major vic­to­ry in its bat­tle to save secure local jobs at the Port of Napi­er.

The con­tain­er ves­sel Can­ber­ra Express left the Port of Napi­er last night (Wednes­day 19 Decem­ber) at approx­i­mate­ly 11pm with no car­go dis­charged after sit­ting idle at the port.

Mar­itime Union Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary Trevor Han­son says this is a major devel­op­ment in the dis­pute and a vic­to­ry for local work­ers.

Napier maritime workers boosted by international support

Work­ers on the Mar­itime Union pick­et line at the Port of Napi­er were told ear­ly this morn­ing that tens of thou­sands of dol­lars of sol­i­dar­i­ty dona­tions were flood­ing in from around the world.

A hard­ship fund is being set up to look after the work­ers, many of whom are casu­al work­ers, as they face a tough Christ­mas.

Employment Court throws out Port of Napier injunction

The Employ­ment Court in Welling­ton today declined to put an injunc­tion on pos­si­ble pick­ets by work­ers at the Port of Napi­er as pick­ets loom over the sum­mer.

Moves by the Port of Napi­er to con­tract out steve­dor­ing work threat­en 25 per­ma­nent and 60 casu­al jobs, with work­ers to be thrown on the scrap heap just before Christ­mas.

Port of Napier faces national and international industrial action

The Port of Napi­er faces indus­tri­al dis­rup­tion and inter­na­tion­al union sol­i­dar­i­ty actions as local work­ers pre­pare to defend their liveli­hoods.

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand says man­age­ment actions are putting secure local jobs in jeop­ardy and threat­en­ing the future of the port.

A deci­sion by man­age­ment to con­tract out con­tain­er steve­dor­ing will affect around 25 per­ma­nent jobs and around 60 casu­al jobs at Hawke’s Bay Steve­dor­ing Ser­vices in the Port of Napi­er from the start of next year.

Maritime Union to meet with Port of Napier in jobs dispute

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand is step­ping up efforts to secure the future of Napi­er mar­itime work­ers.

The four nation­al offi­cials of the Mar­itime Union are arriv­ing in Napi­er tomor­row to meet with Port of Napi­er Lim­it­ed CEO Garth Cowie at 11am.

The Port of Napi­er has award­ed a con­tain­er steve­dor­ing con­tract to out of town com­pa­ny ISO who are a noto­ri­ous anti-union employ­er.

Maritime Union vows national action to save Napier jobs

The Mar­itime Union is gear­ing up for nation­al and inter­na­tion­al action to pro­tect secure local jobs at the Port of Napi­er.

Mem­bers of the Mar­itime Union employed at Hawkes Bay Steve­dor­ing Ser­vices have been threat­ened with job loss­es after a con­tain­er steve­dor­ing con­tract was award­ed to Mount Maun­ganui based steve­dore ISO.

Mar­itime Union Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary Trevor Han­son says the deci­sion by the port com­pa­ny has already gen­er­at­ed a major back­lash, with a nation­al meet­ing of the Union today call­ing for sol­i­dar­i­ty action with the Napi­er work­ers.

Workers at Ports of Auckland dig in heels in dispute

Mar­itime work­ers at the Ports of Auck­land are dig­ging in their heels against their employ­er and will be stop­ping work on Tues­day 8 Octo­ber 2007 from 10am to 1.15pm. The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand have giv­en notice of fur­ther rolling stop­pages at the same time on 17 Octo­ber and 22 Octo­ber. Mar­itime Union Auck­land […]

Workers deserve better pay and conditions

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand says its mem­bers at the Ports of Auck­land earn every cent they are paid for long hours and skilled work in tough and dan­ger­ous con­di­tions. Work­ers at the Ports of Auck­land are on the sec­ond day of strike action today, pick­et­ing ter­mi­nal gates for improved wages and con­di­tions. Mar­itime […]

Maritime workers stand strong on Ports of Auckland picket

A pos­i­tive upbeat mood and a sense of uni­ty and deter­mi­na­tion is present at the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand pick­et line out­side Ports of Auck­land today.

250 work­ers at the Ports of Auck­land con­tain­er ter­mi­nals are on strike for bet­ter pay and con­di­tions.

Mar­itime Union of New Zealand Auck­land Water­front Branch Local 13 Pres­i­dent Denis Carlisle says there is a sense of deter­mi­na­tion amongst strik­ing work­ers, with a high lev­el of inter­est from the gen­er­al pub­lic.