65th anniversary of the 1951 waterfront lockout

On 13 Feb­ru­ary 1951, New Zealand’s most sig­nif­i­cant indus­tri­al dis­pute began. For 151 days the most advanced sec­tions of the New Zealand work­ing class led by the water­siders fought a tough bat­tle against employ­ers and the State. The fol­low­ing doc­u­men­tary from 2001 is essen­tial view­ing of this land­mark in New Zealand work­ing class his­to­ry.

Maritime Union concerned with reduction in ship inspections

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand is con­cerned about the reduc­tion in mon­i­tor­ing of inter­na­tion­al ship­ping by Mar­itime New Zealand, the Gov­ern­ment agency respon­si­ble for ensur­ing a “safe, secure and clean” mar­itime envi­ron­ment.

TPPA: Kiwis say it ain’t over. Don’t sign!

This week­end thou­sands of New Zealan­ders will join ral­lies, march­es, pic­nics and protests at four­teen actions nation­wide to call on the gov­ern­ment to reject the TPPA.