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 Nation­al Pres­id­ent Garry Parsloe says a full and com­pre­hens­ive report on the facil­it­at­or’s con­fid­en­tial recom­mend­a­tions was giv­en to Ports of Auck­land work­ers at the meet­ing.

He says the Uni­on will be going back into facil­it­a­tion with Ports of Auck­land man­age­ment at 6pm today.

The Uni­on would be seek­ing cla­ri­fic­a­tion of some of the facil­it­at­or’s recom­mend­a­tions, and will be dis­cuss­ing with the facil­it­at­or the pro­cess mov­ing for­ward to secure a col­lect­ive employ­ment agree­ment.

Mr Parsloe says there would be a fair bit of nego­ti­ation required to go for­ward but the Mari­time Uni­on was focussed on pro­gress towards a set­tle­ment.