CTU asks what is the Transport Minister withholding on Ports of Auckland

The Coun­cil of Trade Unions is call­ing on Trans­port Min­is­ter Ger­ry Brown­lee to tell Auck­lan­ders what infor­ma­tion he is with­hold­ing on the Ports of Auck­land dis­pute.

Last month the CTU wrote to Ger­ry Brown­lee under the Offi­cial Infor­ma­tion Act, request­ing any brief­in­gs he has had on the Ports dis­pute.

CTU pres­i­dent Helen Kel­ly said his response, received today, said that he would refuse to release any infor­ma­tion at all.

“Ger­ry Brown­lee needs to explain to Auck­lan­ders what he is with­hold­ing.”

“The Port is one of Auckland’s most impor­tant assets, and it is being run appalling­ly by the cur­rent Board and man­age­ment.”

“There is a clear pub­lic inter­est in know­ing what our Trans­port Min­is­ter is being told about this dis­pute.”