Category: Media releases

Maritime Union backs calls for coastal shipping boost

Mar­itime Union of New Zealand Nation­al Sec­re­tary Joe Fleet­wood says New Zealand is a mar­itime nation but there was no lead­er­ship from cen­tral Gov­ern­ment for the indus­try.

National government betrays NZers in TPPA deal 

‘This deal is a trav­es­ty of democ­ra­cy’, said Pro­fes­sor Jane Kelsey about the con­clu­sion of the Trans-Pacif­ic Part­ner­ship Agree­ment (TPPA) in Atlanta, USA, on 6 Octo­ber 2015.

Sentencing for Lyttelton port death

The Mar­itime Union has acknowl­edged the sen­tenc­ing of Lyt­tel­ton Port Com­pa­ny for the 2014 death of Lyt­tel­ton port work­er Brad Fletch­er.

Meddling with health and safety bill a disgrace

The Mar­itime Union has denounced the water­ing down of the Health and Safe­ty Reform Bill as pan­der­ing to a greedy and irre­spon­si­ble minor­i­ty.

Maritime Union comes to assistance of distressed crew on Lancelot V

For­eign crew aboard a detained ship in Tau­ran­ga have received inter­im pay­ments totalling thou­sands of dol­lars after unions inter­vened fol­low­ing sev­er­al months of seri­ous prob­lems.

Trans Tasman maritime unions meet with NZ politicians in Chevron campaign

A glob­al cam­paign against oil oper­a­tor Chevron has come to New Zealand, with mar­itime unions say­ing the com­pa­ny has a bad record of deal­ing with local com­mu­ni­ties around the world.

Maritime Union statement on Port Otago straddle accident

The Mar­itime Union says a strad­dle acci­dent at Port Chalmers on Wednes­day 1 July involved one of its mem­bers.

Maritime Union notes guilty plea following Lyttelton port death

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand has not­ed the guilty plea of the Lyt­tel­ton Port Com­pa­ny (LPC) to charges laid by Work­safe fol­low­ing the death of port work­er Brad Fletch­er in August 2014.

No to privatisation – keep Port of Lyttelton in our ownership

The Mar­itime Union has repeat­ed its warn­ings that the Christchurch City Coun­cil should not pri­va­tise key assets includ­ing the Port of Lyt­tel­ton.

Maritime Union welcomes sentencing in Wellington port death case

The Mar­itime Union has wel­comed the sen­tenc­ing of a port com­pa­ny fol­low­ing the death of a union mem­ber in a work­place acci­dent in 2013.