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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Attends MUNZ National Council

MUNZ was pleased to offer a warm wel­come to Jacin­da Ardern, Labour leader and Prime Min­is­ter of New Zealand, at our Novem­ber Nation­al Coun­cil Meet­ing.

MUNZ Protests Outside Papua New Guinea High Commission, Demands Justice for Dockers

Union lead­ers and activists from around New Zealand were joined by Welling­ton branch in protest out­side the Papua New Guinea High Com­mis­sion on Thurs­day Novem­ber 1st.  

Fight Night! Clash of the Comrades, Coming Soon

  Con­tact your branch about tick­ets, or con­tact event organ­is­er (and MUNZ Nation­al Pres­i­dent) Carl Find­lay direct­ly.

Our Islands Need Ships, Our Workers Need Jobs

New Zealand needs a bal­anced, effi­cient and afford­able trans­port sys­tem. It must be safe, acces­si­ble, envi­ron­men­tal­ly sus­tain­able and flex­i­ble enough to meet the chal­lenges of the 21st cen­tu­ry.

We Remember: September 3rd is Merchant Navy Day

Dur­ing the Sec­ond World War, thou­sands of New Zealand sea­far­ers vol­un­teered to serve in the Mer­chant Navy.

Vale Jimmy Rosser

With great sad­ness we must report that Jim­my Ross­er, stal­wart sea­far­er and life mem­ber of MUNZ, passed away on Sat­ur­day 15th July. 

Vale Brother Hanafi Rustandi

Nation­al Sec­re­tary Pad­dy Crum­lin and Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary of MUNZ Joe Fleet­wood sad­ly report that friend and com­rade of the MUA, MUNZ and the ITF and long term leader of the Indone­sian Sea­far­ers Union and ITF Asia Pacif­ic chair Hanafi Rus­tan­di has passed away sud­den­ly in Tokyo where the ITF Dock­ers and Sea­far­ers nego­ti­at­ing team is […]

ITF unions meet to shape the Future of Work

Inter­na­tion­al Trans­port Work­ers’ Fed­er­a­tion (ITF) unions from around the world are gath­er­ing in Stock­holm, Swe­den for the first meet­ing of the federation’s new automa­tion work­ing group.

Maritime Union, Labour & Greens Call for Action on Methyl Bromide

Press releas­es were issued this morn­ing by the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand, and our allies in the Labour and Green Par­ties. They are reprint­ed below. 

Maritime Union mourns death of Wellington member

Union mem­bers and fel­low work­ers around New Zealand mourn the loss of a friend, col­league and com­rade who died yes­ter­day in Welling­ton Hos­pi­tal.