Progress on Ports of Auckland agreement 

The Mari­time Uni­on of New Zea­l­and says good pro­gress has been made towards the set­tle­ment of a Col­lect­ive Employ­ment Agree­ment with Ports of Auck­land Lim­ited (POAL).

Mari­time Uni­on Nation­al Pres­id­ent Garry Parsloe says a stop work meet­ing held this morn­ing (Wed­nes­day 12 Novem­ber) of MUNZ mem­bers at the Ports of Auck­land endorsed a pro­pos­al from the branch exec­ut­ive for a way for­ward, after a pos­it­ive meet­ing with port man­age­ment earli­er this week.

Mr Parsloe says a num­ber of out­stand­ing issues had been resolved.

“The new offer from POAL is by far the best to date, and provides a plat­form for mov­ing for­ward to a Col­lect­ive Agree­ment.”

Bar­gain­ing will con­tin­ue to achieve a new Col­lect­ive Agree­ment for the steve­dores and engin­eer­ing staff at the Port.

Mr Parsloe says as a sign of good faith the Uni­on has decided to with­draw pro­ceed­ings alleging under­min­ing of the col­lect­ive bar­gain­ing with Ports of Auck­land Lim­ited, which were to be heard at the Employ­ment Court from 17 Novem­ber 2014.