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The starboard side of Maersk Dabou was damaged when the engines failed while it was docking. A container ship may be stranded at Port Chalmers for days, after it was holed during a berthing manoeuvre at the port. “The vessel was turning in the basin before berthing, when the engines failed. It was part [...]  Mick Doleman, MUA deputy national secretary, said "we're saving Patrick from themselves" and the union wanted work to resume in an effort to undo the damage inflicted by the company. Paddy Crumlin, the union’s national secretary, said it had never been the union’s intention that the terminals would be shut down by the company [...] The following is excerpted from a San Francisco Chronicle editorial. Read it in its entirety at this link. "A freshman senator once opposed parts of the law, but now that he's president, Barack Obama feels the measure is justified. … The Bush and Obama presidencies are nearly indistinguishable on such anti-terrorism policies." (SF Chronicle) [...] MUA here to stay Wharf workers who’ll vote to prematurely end their strike in a pay dispute with stevedore Patrick say the ball is now in their employer’s court. Wharfies at major ports in Sydney, Brisbane and Fremantle are due to drop their work restrictions on Friday after Patrick responded by blocking their access [...] The Maritime Union of Australia yesterday formally cancelled the planned industrial action at Melbourne’s East Swanson dock after the challenge by Patrick. After Patrick launched legal action with Fair Work Australia to rule the proposed industrial action illegal, the union has dropped the plans in Melbourne. Industrial action will still take place at other docks [...] |
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