Port of Napier Campaign 2007

Maritime workers are celebrating tonight after a successful resolution of the Port of Napier dispute in mediation this afternoon.
Maritime Union General Secretary Trevor Hanson says the week long dispute had been about secure local jobs being preserved at the port.
“We wanted shipping companies to be able to use stevedores where secure local jobs could be [...]

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The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions has backed the Maritime Union’s campaign to save 85 jobs on the Port of Napier, following a decision by the Hawkes Bay Regional Council owned Port company to change stevedoring contractors, without securing employment protections for the current workers.
“The loyal, long serving dock workers on the Port of [...]

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The Port of Napier faces industrial disruption and international union solidarity actions as local workers prepare to defend their livelihoods.
The Maritime Union of New Zealand says management actions are putting secure local jobs in jeopardy and threatening the future of the port.
A decision by management to contract out container stevedoring will affect around 25 permanent [...]

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