Category: In the news

A shipping plan to resolve the supply chain crisis

New Zealand needs a nation­al ports strat­e­gy that links in with a coastal ship­ping strat­e­gy, and we need to get this up and run­ning now.

Transport workers call for radical transformation to public ownership

Unions want trans­port to be sup­port­ed by an ener­gy tran­si­tion plan, for a modal shift to pub­licly-owned trans­port, and for major invest­ment in zero car­bon trans­port infra­struc­ture and ser­vices under demo­c­ra­t­ic con­trol.

COVID-19 alert

As of 11.59pm on Sun­day 14 Feb­ru­ary, Auck­land moved to Alert Lev­el 3 for a peri­od of 3 days. The rest of New Zealand moved to Alert Lev­el 2 for the same peri­od.

COVID threat in New Zealand ports has a solution

The union rep­re­sent­ing sea­far­ers and port work­ers says the lat­est case of COVID-19 in a New Zealand port is a con­cern, but the prob­lem has a solu­tion.

Ports of Auckland management decisions behind delays

The Mar­itime Union is ques­tion­ing the rea­sons pro­vid­ed for ongo­ing delays at the Ports of Auck­land and says there is a need for an hon­est con­ver­sa­tion about what has gone wrong at the port.

Business award for Ports of Auckland Board Chair must be returned

This week on Thurs­day 3 Decem­ber, the chair of the Board for Ports of Auck­land Lim­it­ed, Liz Coutts, was pre­sent­ed with an Deloitte Top 200 award for Chair­per­son of the Year in recog­ni­tion of busi­ness excel­lence and lead­er­ship.

Nelson seafarers pay respects at Pike disaster anniversary

A del­e­ga­tion of Mar­itime Union mem­bers from Nel­son have com­mis­sioned a memo­r­i­al shield to take to the sev­enth anniver­sary of the Pike Riv­er Min­ing dis­as­ter on Novem­ber 19.

ITF unions meet to shape the Future of Work

Inter­na­tion­al Trans­port Work­ers’ Fed­er­a­tion (ITF) unions from around the world are gath­er­ing in Stock­holm, Swe­den for the first meet­ing of the federation’s new automa­tion work­ing group.

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. 

Maritime Union mourns death of Wellington member

Union mem­bers and fel­low work­ers around New Zealand mourn the loss of a friend, col­league and com­rade who died yes­ter­day in Welling­ton Hos­pi­tal.