Category: Campaigns

Fair Pay for Westies!

Come along to join the cam­paign to defend Fair Pay Agree­ments in this years elec­tion.

‘Blue highway’ offers solution to East Coast transport woes

The Mar­itime Union says there needs to be more reg­u­lar coastal ship­ping ser­vices to region­al ports to ensure sup­ply chain secu­ri­ty.

Strengthen our shores — petition to rebuild our coastal shipping

Aotearoa New Zealand is an island nation depen­dent on trade to sur­vive.
We need gov­ern­ment action to safe­guard our shores, as oth­er nations do, by invest­ing in and strength­en­ing our coastal ship­ping indus­try.
Sign our online peti­tion here.

Privatization of Ports of Auckland would be a disaster for Auckland

Relin­quish­ing con­trol of Auckland’s key strate­gic asset would be a “lose lose sit­u­a­tion” for ratepay­ers, work­ers and busi­ness­es.

Not One More: petition to introduce corporate manslaughter legislation

Every­one deserves to return home safe­ly after work. When a per­son is killed at work, neg­li­gent com­pa­nies must be held account­able. Unions are call­ing on the Gov­ern­ment to intro­duce cor­po­rate manslaugh­ter leg­is­la­tion, to ensure there is Not One More. Sign the peti­tion here.

Support New Zealand Coastal Shipping picket in Nelson

Sea­far­ers and com­mu­ni­ty sup­port­ers will be gath­er­ing for a peace­ful infor­ma­tion­al pick­et 1030am Sun­day 2 April across the road from Haven Road dairy by Port Nel­son (213 Haven Road, Beachville, Nel­son, 7010).

Organizing for success! Fair Pay Agreements

MUNZ Nation­al Orga­niz­er Gra­ham McK­ean deliv­er­ing the mes­sage about Fair Pay Agree­ments to Local 13 at the Ports of Auck­land mem­bers 16 Jan­u­ary 2023.

New Zealand maritime workers back Australian tug crews in Svitzer dispute

Svitzer man­age­ment are attempt­ing claw­backs of wages, reduc­ing job secu­ri­ty, and under­min­ing safe­ty stan­dards, for their Aus­tralian tug crews.

Loss of coastal tankers a severe blow to New Zealand maritime industry

Unions rep­re­sent­ing ship crews says the removal of two New Zealand coastal tankers by petrol com­pa­nies is dis­ap­point­ing and has dam­aged New Zealand’s mar­itime indus­try.

New Zealand will then be com­plete­ly reliant on over­seas ship­ping to sup­ply our fuel – with no back­up.

New Zealand transport workers back P&O ferry workers after shock mass sacking

UK fer­ry oper­a­tor P&O Fer­ries has moved to sack 800 UK-based sea­far­ers and out­source their jobs to non-union, agency work­ers.