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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.

Ports of Auckland workers want their share

Mar­itime work­ers at Ports of Auck­land say their indus­tri­al action is about get­ting a fair share of the prof­it their hard work gen­er­ates.

Work­ers at the Ports of Auck­land will be on strike from 0700 hours on 2 Octo­ber 2007 to 0659 hours on 4 Octo­ber.

Mar­itime Union Auck­land Water­front Branch Local 13 Pres­i­dent Denis Carlisle says that mar­itime work­ers are the engine dri­ving the suc­cess of New Zealand’s biggest con­tain­er port.

Maritime Union joins calls to end joint venture fishing

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand has added its voice to calls for the removal of for­eign-crewed joint ven­ture fish­ing ves­sels from New Zealand fish­eries.
Mar­itime Union Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary Trevor Han­son says he agrees with the com­mon sense approach to the prob­lem out­lined by the New Zealand Fed­er­a­tion of Com­mer­cial Fish­er­men.

Maritime Union says Ports of Auckland pay tactics have backfired

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand has gone on the front foot in the Ports of Auck­land dis­pute, say­ing the port com­pa­ny has bad­ly mis­han­dled the sit­u­a­tion.

Mar­itime Union mem­bers at the Ports of Auck­land vot­ed to take two day strike action start­ing 2 Octo­ber, after man­age­ment start­ed to make unau­tho­rized pay­ments into bank accounts.

Mar­itime Union of New Zealand Auck­land Water­front Local 13 Pres­i­dent Denis Carlisle says Ports of Auck­land man­age­ment have gen­er­at­ed a back­lash amongst work­ers.

Maritime Union joins hospital picket lines in Invercargill

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand is throw­ing its weight behind locked out hos­pi­tal work­ers around New Zealand.

Hun­dreds of low paid employ­ees of Spot­less Ser­vices Lim­it­ed have been locked out of their work. The lock­out is now on day six.

In Inver­cargill, mem­bers of the Bluff branch of the Mar­itime Union have trav­elled up from the Bluff water­front to join the pick­et lines at the hos­pi­tal.