Solidarity with Pike River miners

The Mar­itime Union of New Zealand has offered its sup­port and sol­i­dar­i­ty to the Pike Riv­er min­ers.

Mar­itime Union Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary Joe Fleet­wood says mar­itime work­ers under­stand the tough con­di­tions that min­ers work in and share the con­cerns of all New Zealan­ders for the min­ers and their fam­i­lies.

“The spe­cial bond between min­ers and mar­itime work­ers goes back in New Zealand over a cen­tu­ry, and his­to­ry records the times when min­ers came to the assis­tance of mar­itime work­ers.”

“Thus we see these work­ers and their fam­i­lies and com­mu­ni­ty as our own.”

The Mar­itime Union has offered sup­port via the union rep­re­sent­ing many of the min­ers, the EPMU.