Why wharfies are striking – in their own words (+ photos)

Simon Oost­er­man has a series of inter­views and pho­tographs with Local 13 MUNZ mem­bers from Ports of Auck­land (and their fam­i­lies) on his blog. This is a must read to under­stand the real peo­ple affect­ed by this dis­pute – and why they are mak­ing a stand.

Port bosses sensitive to show of union power

Polit­i­cal colum­nist Chris Trot­ter writes today on the Ports of Auck­land dis­pute how “a vic­to­ry for the union at this point in the dis­pute could only be inter­pret­ed as a vic­to­ry for all unionised work­ers.”

Canterbury earthquakes 23 December 2011

Our thoughts are with mem­bers and friends in Christchurch and Port of Lyt­tel­ton fol­low­ing today’s earth­quakes. Any news please for­ward to us.