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Sign the petition against zero hour contracts

The Mar­itime Union is sup­port­ing the cam­paign against zero hour con­tracts. Please sign the Labour Par­ty peti­tion here.

Maritime Union members ratify collective employment agreement with Ports of Auckland Limited

Mar­itime Union mem­bers at the Ports of Auck­land Lim­it­ed have rat­i­fied a pro­posed agree­ment with their employ­er.

Defend the Right to Strike

Employ­er groups around the world try to under­mine the right to strike. Join the glob­al action on Feb­ru­ary 18 to stop them.

Maritime Union supports UK Award-Winning Play About Paul Robeson at Fringe NZ

Paul Robe­son is a name that would be known to most trade union­ists of the old­er gen­er­a­tion, and to many younger ones well versed in labour and trade union his­to­ry.

ITF urges health and safety focus as NZ port operator found responsible for dock death

The Inter­na­tion­al Trans­port Work­ers’ Fed­er­a­tion is reit­er­at­ing the need for strin­gent health and safe­ty mea­sures in ports after an oper­a­tor in New Zealand was found respon­si­ble for a water­side work­ers death. A Welling­ton court ruled in Jan­u­ary 2015 that steve­dor­ing com­pa­ny Cen­tre­Port was to blame for the death of Mark Samoa who was a mem­ber of the […]

New Zealand seafarers welcome New Zealand adopting Maritime Labour Convention

The Mar­itime Labour Con­ven­tion 2006 (MLC) is an inter­na­tion­al treaty adopt­ed by the Inter­na­tion­al Labour Organ­i­sa­tion and lays out min­i­mum rights for sea­far­ers and pro­motes good employ­ment prac­tices across the ship­ping indus­try.

Progress on Ports of Auckland agreement 

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand says good progress has been made towards the set­tle­ment of a Col­lec­tive Employ­ment Agree­ment with Ports of Auck­land Lim­it­ed (POAL).

TPPA No Way – Nationwide rallies Saturday 8 November

On 8 Novem­ber 2014 Kiwis will kick­start the glob­al day of action against the TPPA. TPPA pos­es an enor­mous threat to NZ’s abil­i­ty to reg­u­late for itself, and gives for­eign investors and multi­na­tion­als new rights to con­trol our laws.

Tauranga port happy to take the money – but not happy to accept responsibility for workers

Com­ments from a Port of Tau­ran­ga man­ag­er about deaths and injuries in their port dur­ing a Radio New Zealand inter­view are unac­cept­able.

KPI to enter into regional federation

Indonesia’s Sea­far­er Union, Kesat­u­an Pelaut Indon­sia (KPI) has agreed to enter into a fed­er­a­tion with trans­port unions from Papua New Guinea, Aus­tralia and New Zealand after a for­ma­tive meet­ing in Kupang, Indone­sia.