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. A trib­ute to fallen and in
jured com­rades will be included.

The Mari­time Uni­on of New Zea­l­and has joined this day by hold­ing actions through­out New Zea­l­and ports to raise aware­ness of the issues facing our industry includ­ing:

• Health & safety
• Pre­cari­ous work
• Respect for col­lect­ive bar­gain­ing rights and agree­ments
• Labour stand­ards in glob­al com­pan­ies
• Auto­ma­tion and social justice

For more inform­a­tion, see the web­site defenddockersrights.org