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New Zealand maritime workers played a leading role in supporting the UK miners in their darkest hour, under savage attack from the Thatcher Tory Government

The sto­ry of how New Zealand sea­men donat­ed tens of thou­sands of dol­lars and sent a secret con­tain­er of 18,100 pounds of lamb to the UK min­ers in 1984/1985.

Maritimes magazine Autumn 2013 now online

Serious questions around container toxic gas risk

An offi­cial report that exposed mas­sive safe­ty risks around tox­ic gas­es in ship­ping con­tain­ers shows work­ers are being placed in dan­ger every day.

Findings on Oyang 70 sinking a stain of New Zealand’s conscience

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand says the find­ings of a Coro­ner’s inquest into the sink­ing of the Oyang 70, released today, make appalling read­ing.

Where are the fishing industry jobs for young New Zealanders?

The Mar­itime Union says the fish­ing indus­try must pro­vide well paid jobs for New Zealand work­ers rather than rely­ing on over­seas labour.

Ports of Auckland workers meet to discuss facilitator’s findings

Mar­itime Union of New Zealand mem­bers at the Ports of Auck­land met this morn­ing to look at the rec­om­men­da­tions of the Employ­ment Rela­tions Author­i­ty facil­i­ta­tor on the dis­pute.

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.

Maritimes magazine Summer 2012/2013

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Ports of Auckland dispute newsletter 14 December 2012

Ports of Auck­land dis­pute newslet­ter 14 Decem­ber 2012

Ports of Auckland fined $40,000 for illegal actions against its workforce

The Employ­ment Rela­tions Author­i­ty has fined the Ports of Auck­land $40,000 for ille­gal­ly employ­ing strike break­ing con­trac­tors dur­ing indus­tri­al action at the Port ear­li­er this year.