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Employment 20 Feb 2013
MUNZ members meet to discuss facilitator's findings on Ports of Auckland collective agreement

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.

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Employment 14 Dec 2012
Ports of Auckland fined $40,000 for illegal actions against its workforce

AUCKLAND CITY — The Employment Relations Authority has fined the Ports of Auckland $40,000 for illegally employing strike breaking contractors during industrial action at the Port earlier this year.

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Employment 12 Nov 2012
Ports of Auckland workers remain united

AUCKLAND CITY — Maritime Union of New Zealand members at Ports of Auckland have backed their Union with a vote of confidence.

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News 7 Nov 2012
Maritime Union of New Zealand holds 4th Triennial Conference this week

The Maritime Union is holding its 4th Triennial Conference this week in Wellington.

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News 18 Aug 2012
Maritime Union backs new ports bill

The Maritime Union says a new members bill that will increase the transparency and accountability of publicly owned New Zealand ports is a positive move and has wide support.

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Transport 6 Jul 2012
Auckland bus drivers vote against offer from NZ Bus

AUCKLAND — A large meeting of bus drivers in Auckland today has voted near unanimously to not accept an offer on pay and conditions from NZ Bus, and have instructed their representatives to return to negotiate a better deal.

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Employment 28 Jun 2012
Family time at Easter for retail workers safe

Shop workers will be delighted by the defeat in Parliament of yet another bill which would have made it harder for them to spend Easter with their families, the retail workers' union said today.

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Politics 26 Jun 2012
John Key's Top 10 list about as useful as his Letterman Show appearance

John Key's just-released Top 10 list is meaningless without a dedicated plan to grow jobs in the economy, FIRST Union said today.

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Marine 21 Jun 2012
Maritime Union welcomes US Government report "spotlight" on New Zealand fishing industry practices

The Maritime Union says heavy criticism of the use of overseas labour in the New Zealand fishing industry in a major US Government report is justified, and confirms how bad practices have become in the New Zealand maritime sector.

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Manufacturing 7 Jun 2012
Redundancies at Summit Wool Spinners

OTAGO — Redundancies at a major North Otago wool plant are reflective of the difficulty manufacturers are facing across the country, the textile workers' union said today.

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Marine 1 Jun 2012
Maritime Union calls for complete overhaul of shipping policy

The Maritime Union is calling for a complete overhaul of New Zealand shipping policy to avoid a repeat of the Rena disaster.

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Marine 22 May 2012
Maritime Union welcomes Government decision to reflag foreign fishing vessels

The Maritime Union has welcomed the Government's announcement that foreign charter fishing vessels working in New Zealand waters will have to be reflagged under the New Zealand flag.

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Marine 20 Apr 2012
Rena update (#215)

BAY OF PLENTY — 20 April 2012 - 12.30pm Good progress has been made on salvage activities this week.

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Trade 20 Apr 2012
Cigarette plain packaging could come unstuck under secret trade deal

Plans to introduce plain packaging of cigarettes could come unstuck as a result of New Zealand’s involvement in trade talks – which so far remain in secret.

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Employment 19 Apr 2012
Talley's AFFCO misleads over employment settlement

A union who recently settled an employment agreement with Talley's AFFCO has hit back at a misleading description of the settlement from the company's public relations team today.

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Marine 13 Apr 2012
Rena update (#214)

TAURANGA — 13 April 2012 - 12.45am An over flight by MNZ yesterday morning noted damage to the forward section bulkhead between No 2 and No 3 hold.

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Employment 30 Mar 2012
Great relief for Auckland wharfies and their families

AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland wharfies are today relieved to hear that they can return to work to get the Port up and running again for Auckland.

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Employment 27 Mar 2012
Ports plans now looking like a train wreck

AUCKLAND CITY — Today's injunction stopping Ports of Auckland progressing its plans to dismiss and replace its workforce, combined with the company's plan of an indefinite lockout, leaves Auckland Council with no choice but to intervene to find a workable solution to the industrial dispute, the Maritime Union said today.

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Electricity 27 Mar 2012
Mediation frustrating with Ports of Auckland

AUCKLAND CITY — Mediation between Ports of Auckland and the Maritime Union today failed to reach agreement on a return to work of Maritime Union members following the lifting of strike action last week.

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Employment 22 Mar 2012
Unlawful lockout escalates Ports dispute

Ports of Auckland workers are shocked to learn that the Ports have moved to lock them out of their jobs.

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Employment 22 Mar 2012
Wharfies welcome Port undertakings to not contract out

Members of the Maritime Union were thrilled today that following a Settlement Conference with the Employment Court, Ports of Auckland has seen sense and undertaken to halt its contracting processes and re-enter collective bargaining.

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Employment 17 Mar 2012
Canterbury Bulldogs, musicians visit Port workers this weekend

AUCKLAND CITY — Ports of Auckland workers will be boosted by several displays of support and solidarity this weekend, the Maritime Union said today.

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Employment 15 Mar 2012
Maori Bishop of Wellington joins Ports workers 4pm

AUCKLAND CITY — Maori Bishop of Wellington joins Ports workers 4pm today to express support Bishop Muru Walters of Wellington will be joining the Ports of Auckland workers' picket line at Teal Park today.

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Employment 15 Mar 2012
Auckland Council meeting discusses Ports of Auckland

AUCKLAND CITY — Representatives of the Council of Trade Unions and the Maritime Union are attending a full meeting of the Auckland Council this morning.

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Marine 13 Mar 2012
Next step in attempt to protect secure jobs for Ports workers

AUCKLAND CITY — The Maritime Union has today taken further legal steps in an effort to protect secure jobs at Ports of Auckland.

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Marine 11 Mar 2012
Mayor, Church mediation offers in Ports dispute warmly welcomed

AUCKLAND CITY — The Maritime Union has warmly welcomed an offer of mediation from the Mayor of Auckland Len Brown, and the Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops, made publicly over the last two days.

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Marine 8 Mar 2012
Rena-style navigation interference at play in Ports dispute

AUCKLAND CITY — Lessons from the Rena disaster clearly haven't been learnt, as new evidence emerges of deliberate attempts by shipping company Maersk to interfere with the navigation systems of two ships arriving into Auckland during the current Ports dispute.

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Employment 8 Mar 2012
Canadian steelworkers bring smelter protest to New Zealand

Canadian United Steel Workers (USW) officials Guy Farrell and Mark Matais are visiting New Zealand this week to highlight the plight of 780 locked out aluminium smelter workers in Quebec.

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Employment 8 Mar 2012
Port contracting out proposal unlawful - union

AUCKLAND CITY — The Maritime Union says that the Ports of Auckland decision to dismiss its workforce is unlawful, and workers will challenge it.

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Employment 6 Mar 2012
Maritime Union welcomes Auckland Mayor's comments on port dispute

AUCKLAND CITY — The Maritime Union has welcomed comments in the media from the Mayor of Auckland Len Brown supporting a collective employment agreement at the Ports of Auckland.

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