Category: Campaigns

Rebuilding our coastal shipping requires government intervention

If the Covid-19 response has taught us any­thing, it’s that our econ­o­my lives and dies by our sup­ply chains and that when push comes to shove New Zealand can’t always rely on the rest of the world.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Attends MUNZ National Council

MUNZ was pleased to offer a warm wel­come to Jacin­da Ardern, Labour leader and Prime Min­is­ter of New Zealand, at our Novem­ber Nation­al Coun­cil Meet­ing.

MUNZ Protests Outside Papua New Guinea High Commission, Demands Justice for Dockers

Union lead­ers and activists from around New Zealand were joined by Welling­ton branch in protest out­side the Papua New Guinea High Com­mis­sion on Thurs­day Novem­ber 1st.  

Maritime Union, Labour & Greens Call for Action on Methyl Bromide

Press releas­es were issued this morn­ing by the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand, and our allies in the Labour and Green Par­ties. They are reprint­ed below. 

International day of action for dockers

On 7 July 2016 the Inter­na­tion­al Trans­port Work­ers’ Fed­er­a­tion and Inter­na­tion­al Dock­work­ers’ Coun­cil are organ­is­ing to observe a glob­al day of action that recog­nis­es the impor­tant con­tri­bu­tion dock­work­ers make to the glob­al econ­o­my, the risks they face at work every day and their grow­ing con­cerns for the future regard­ing attacks on their work­ing con­di­tions.

Stop the clock on back pay loss

A mas­sive pay­roll error means New Zealan­ders are owed bil­lions in hol­i­day back­pay.
But every day a mil­lion dol­lars of that debt is being writ­ten off as it pass­es the six year statute of lim­i­ta­tions. Tell the gov­ern­ment to stop the clock on the write-off while we get this prob­lem fixed.