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Government decision to reflag foreign fishing vessels welcomed

The Mar­itime Union has wel­comed the Gov­ern­men­t’s announce­ment that for­eign char­ter fish­ing ves­sels work­ing in New Zealand waters will have to be reflagged under the New Zealand flag.

Council moves to make Ports of Auckland a good employer welcomed

The Mar­itime Union has wel­comed moves by the own­ers of Ports of Auck­land to ensure it acts as a good employ­er.

Maritimes magazine Autumn 2012 now online

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Ports management and board must account for disruption to Auckland

The Mar­itime Union says Ports of Auck­land must be held account­able for the sig­nif­i­cant dis­rup­tion they are impos­ing on Auck­land.

Port proposals to reduce worker protections when contracting out unhelpful

Mem­bers of the Mar­itime Union were frus­trat­ed today that in medi­a­tion the Ports of Auck­land has tabled a doc­u­ment that press­es ahead with reduc­tions to job secu­ri­ty for wharfies.

Ports of Auckland workers return to work

At 8.30 am Thurs­day 5 April a group of engi­neers will be the first of the MUNZ mem­bers to return to work at the Ports of Auck­land.

Auckland has its Port back but this never should have happened

Auck­land cit­i­zens, work­ers and busi­ness­es will wel­come news that their Port will be up and run­ning again soon, fol­low­ing Port management’s drop­ping of their plan to casu­alise its work­force, FIRST Union said today.

Great relief for Auckland wharfies and their families

Auck­land wharfies are today relieved to hear that they can return to work to get the Port up and run­ning again for Auck­land.

Court finds union case ‘seriously arguable’

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand wel­comes the Employ­ment Courts writ­ten rea­sons, released today, for Tuesday’s grant­i­ng of an injunc­tion stop­ping the Ports of Auck­land con­tract­ing out.

Breakers fan stoked thundersticks will be there on Friday

New Zealand Break­ers fan Matt Balm­forth is stoked that the thun­der­sticks will be there in time for Friday’s semi final at Vec­tor Are­na.