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Ports plans now looking like a train wreck

Today’s injunc­tion stop­ping Ports of Auck­land pro­gress­ing its plans to dis­miss and replace its work­force, com­bined with the company’s plan of an indef­i­nite lock­out, leaves Auck­land Coun­cil with no choice but to inter­vene to find a work­able solu­tion to the indus­tri­al dis­pute, the Mar­itime Union said today.

Outsourcing fishing observers role is dangerous for the industry

Mar­itime Union of NZ Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary, Joe Fleet­wood, said today that the gov­ern­ment is van­dal­is­ing the New Zealand fish­ing indus­try with plans to con­tract out the fish­ing observers for fish­ing ves­sels.

Outsourcing fishing observers role is dangerous for the industry

Mar­itime Union of NZ Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary, Joe Fleet­wood, said today that the gov­ern­ment is van­dal­is­ing the New Zealand fish­ing indus­try with plans to con­tract out the fish­ing observers for fish­ing ves­sels.

CTU asks what is the Transport Minister withholding on Ports of Auckland

The Coun­cil of Trade Unions is call­ing on Trans­port Min­is­ter Ger­ry Brown­lee to tell Auck­lan­ders what infor­ma­tion he is with­hold­ing on the Ports of Auck­land dis­pute.

ITF condemns ‘car crash’ decision by POAL managers

Glob­al union the ITF (Inter­na­tion­al Trans­port Work­ers’ Fed­er­a­tion) today described POALs lock­out deci­sion as “unbe­liev­able, unlaw­ful and prac­ti­cal­ly sui­ci­dal”.

Advisory: law surrounding strikes and lockouts in essential services

Fol­low­ing enquiries, this advi­so­ry points reporters to employ­ment law cov­er­ing strikes and lock­outs in essen­tial ser­vices.

Unlawful lockout escalates Ports dispute

Ports of Auck­land work­ers are shocked to learn that the Ports have moved to lock them out of their jobs.

Wharfies welcome Port undertakings to not contract out

Mem­bers of the Mar­itime Union were thrilled today that fol­low­ing a Set­tle­ment Con­fer­ence with the Employ­ment Court, Ports of Auck­land has seen sense and under­tak­en to halt its con­tract­ing process­es and re-enter col­lec­tive bar­gain­ing.

Union history in the spotlight

The inte­gral role the New Zealand Seamen’s Union played in New Zealand’s sea­far­ing indus­try comes under scruti­ny in the lat­est book from Can­ter­bury Uni­ver­si­ty Press.

Next step in attempt to protect secure jobs for Ports workers

The Mar­itime Union has today tak­en fur­ther legal steps in an effort to pro­tect secure jobs at Ports of Auck­land.