Canterbury earthquakes 23 December 2011

Our thoughts are with mem­bers and friends in Christchurch and Port of Lyt­tel­ton fol­low­ing today’s earth­quakes. Any news please for­ward to us.

Maritime Union offers solidarity to Japan

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand has offered its sym­pa­thy and sol­i­dar­i­ty with the peo­ple of Japan fol­low­ing the dev­as­tat­ing earth­quake and tsuna­mi of 11 March.

Seafarers Scholarships

Sea­far­ers Schol­ar­ships for 2011 study at New Zealand ter­tiary insti­tu­tions are now avail­able.

Ports of Auckland workers ratify agreement

Mar­itime Union mem­bers at the Ports of Auck­land have rat­i­fied their col­lec­tive employ­ment agree­ment with Ports of Auck­land.

The new agree­ment was rat­i­fied by a meet­ing of mem­bers at the Ports on Thurs­day 25 June 2009.

The agree­ment will be signed next week. Details of the agree­ment are being kept con­fi­den­tial.