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Month: May 2011

Wharf dispute to set Patrick back months

Stevedoring company Patrick says crippling industrial action at three of its ports will cost the company $8 million and set its operations back up to two months. The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has rejected an offer from...

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MUA saves Patrick from themselves

The Maritime Union of Australia has put to its members that protected industrial action in the form of limited work bans at Patrick container terminals in Sydney, Brisbane and Fremantle be lifted. MUA workers showed up for work...

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Greek port workers hold stoppage to protest sell-offs

Workers at Greek ports will stage a work stoppage between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Tuesday to protest the government’s privatization plans. “The total sell-off of all profitable public companies is an incomprehensible and criminal...

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