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.

Mari­time Uni­on Gen­er­al Sec­ret­ary Joe Fleet­wood says the dis­aster has hit many coastal and port com­munit­ies and the Uni­on had been in touch with mari­time uni­ons in Japan.

There were close ties between mari­time work­ers in the two coun­tries, and the sup­port offered by Japan to New Zea­l­and in the recent Christ­ch­urch earth­quake must be recip­roc­ated.

Inform­a­tion on what uni­ons are doing, and what you can do, to help can be found at the Inter­na­tion­al Trans­port Work­ers’ Fed­er­a­tion or at Labourstart.