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The Stena Clyde drilling unit was operating under lease to Origin Energy when an incident on the drill floor killed two men. The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) on Thursday gained entry to a Stena Clyde offshore drilling unit about 90km southeast of Warrnambool where two men died on August 27. But it says it [...]  The Commonwealth has begun legal action against the Maritime Union of Australia and its WA assistant secretary over the distribution of flyers vilifying Fremantle Ports workers as “scabs”. The ombudsman said Mr Tracey faced penalties of $6600 for each breach and the MUA, which is alleged to have approved of his actions, faced penalties of [...] From ABC Australia: Workers who did not take part in industrial action labelled as ‘scabs’ The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched legal action against the Maritime Union of Australia over the distribution of abusive posters. The posters labelled workers who did not take part in industrial action as scabs, and were distributed at the Fremantle [...] After a 19-month standoff, stevedores Patrick has come to an agreement with the Maritime Union of Australia over waterfront workers’ pay and conditions until 2015. They reached the deal after a series of stop-start strikes on the waterfront, beginning in late 2010. The resolution came only after the intervention of Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten, [...] Auckland march in support of MUNZ dockworkers, March 10, 2012 International Transport Workers’ Federation dockers’ section secretary Frank Leys said all the workers wanted was a fair deal, but their requests for job security were not approached in good faith by Ports of Auckland. He said the dispute was crucial for trade union [...] The MUA's week-long work stoppage affected at least 26 ships. (ABC TV News – file image: Kerrin Binnie) 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 [...] The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has agreed to halt a proposed waterfront strike and believes it is making progress in negotiations with stevedoring company Patrick over a new pay deal. Patrick launched legal action in Fair Work Australia on Friday in a bid to halt planned MUA strikes at ports across Australia over the [...] The MUA is planning strikes at ports in Sydney, Melbourne (pictured above), Fremantle and possibly Brisbane from Saturday unless Patrick agrees to key demands on wages and safety. From the Sydney Morning Herald: A new waterfront battle is looming with planned strikes by the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) set to cripple stevedoring company [...]
More than 30 dockworkers are still missing and the vast majority from the Sendai Shiogama port, their union Zenkowan reports. Eleven union members of the All Japan Checkers Cooperation are still missing, nine members are missing at Japan Cargo Tally Cooperation and 142 public transport workers in Miyagi Kotsu or 10 per [...] Japan port tsunami damage Unions have been unable to contact some port workers at Miyako and Shiogama Sendai terminals. In Miyako both the union and company rooms have been swept away and most of the seawall is under water. In Shiogama Sendai container terminal (see photo) phones and internet are still down, the wharves [...] Lloyd’s List Daily Commercial News reported yesterday: Representatives of Patrick and the Maritime Union of Australia will meet for a second day of negotiations today, aimed at resolving a dispute over pay and conditions for bulk and general workers. A spokesperson for the MUA said talks with Patrick bulk and general resumed in Sydney [...] Reith tried — and failed — to undermine the Maritime Union of Australia when he was Australia's Workplace Relations Minister in 1998. Australian businesses will be forced to deal increasingly with militant unionists this year as the individual contracts of their employees expire and unions exploit generous right-of-entry clauses in Labor’s Fair Work Act. [...] The container that fell 12 meters and narrowly missed two workers was severely overloaded and the third accident this month at Darwin Port, said the MUA. Two workers at the Darwin Port had to run to avoid a shipping container crashing onto East Arm Wharf at the weekend, the Maritime Union of Australia says. [...] Unions and business officials have hit out over claims that Newcastle’s bid for a container terminal was being sabotaged from within the Labor Party. Maritime Union of Australia Newcastle secretary Jim Boyle said he was infuriated that behind-the-scenes in-fighting was holding back the Hunter’s economic development. ‘‘You just shake your head when you hear about [...] [Note: The union and employer have reached an agreement since this report was published.]
Peru installed soldiers at Callao to move cargo during the dockworkers’ strike. The military's poor performance created a backlog of ships that took several days to clear. Armed troops and police are waging a brutal crackdown against dock workers fighting port [...] |
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