Maritime Union response to facilitators recommendations on Ports of Auckland

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand wel­comes today the mes­sage from Ports of Auck­land Lim­it­ed (POAL) that it is will­ing to com­pro­mise, on the basis of the rec­om­men­da­tions of the facil­i­ta­tor, to reach the set­tle­ment of a col­lec­tive agree­ment at the Port.

Mar­itime Union of New Zealand Nation­al Pres­i­dent Gar­ry Parsloe says the Union con­sid­ers the rec­om­men­da­tions as a whole to be a use­ful basis to enter into what it hopes will be a suc­cess­ful round of nego­ti­a­tions with POAL, as is rec­om­mend­ed by the Author­i­ty, to reach a set­tle­ment that is fair to all the par­ties.

He says the Mar­itime Union will be seek­ing to enter into nego­ti­a­tions as soon as pos­si­ble.

“The Union is seek­ing the agree­ment of POAL to an all up meet­ing of mem­bers to enable mem­bers to con­sid­er the rec­om­men­da­tions and any progress made in bar­gain­ing on them in the inter­im.”

Details of the rec­om­men­da­tions are con­fi­den­tial and the union will not be mak­ing any fur­ther com­ment on them.