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Fast food jobs - Govt contempt for young workers
Friday, 26 June 2009, 2:55 pm | Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union says the National Government's plan to act as a compulsory recruitment agency for McDonalds fast food chain is a travesty. More >>
Fisheries Minister throwing NZ jobs to the sharks
Friday, 19 June 2009, 12:22 pm | Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union has slammed comments by Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley about employment in New Zealand's fishing industry, and say they make a bad joke out of the Government's commitment to protect jobs. Maritime Union General Secretary Trevor ... More >>
Union says NZ should follow Aussie lead on jobs
Monday, 15 June 2009, 3:55 pm | Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union says the New South Wales State Government could teach John Key one or two things about protecting jobs. More >>
Employers have to pay for swine flu quarantines
Friday, 12 June 2009, 9:58 am | Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union will be asking employers to pay workers sent home due to swine flu quarantines. Maritime Union of New Zealand General Secretary Trevor Hanson says maritime workers are in the front line and are an at risk group for exposure to infectious ... More >>
Budget takes NZ transport down the wrong road
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 4:46 pm | Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union says the budget announced today is a step backward for transport infrastructure. More >>
Collapse of free trade "prdictable and inevitable"
Tuesday, 26 May 2009, 12:55 pm | Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union of New Zealand says the collapse of free trade in dairy products going into the United States was predictable and inevitable. More >>
Maritime Union backs locked out flight attendants
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 2:22 pm | Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union is backing locked out flight attendants employed by Air New Zealand subsidiary Zeal 320. Maritime Union of New Zealand General Secretary Trevor Hanson says waterfront workers and seafarers supported protests by locked out workers in ... More >>
OECD report driven by anti-working class agenda
Sunday, 19 April 2009, 5:32 pm | Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union says a just released OECD report on the New Zealand economy is a politically driven document with a right-wing, anti-working class agenda. More >>
Nat's transport funding plan sends NZ backwards
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 2:44 pm | Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union says the Government's transport funding plan is an environmental and economic travesty. The National Government has changed spending commitments of the previous Government and and released a statement on money it will put into developing ... More >>
Holiday cash up plan "dishonest and ludicrous"
Monday, 23 March 2009, 2:56 pm | Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union has savaged a Government plan to reduce holidays for New Zealand workers by permitting "cash ups" of the fourth week of annual leave. More >>
Union back call for minimum wage referendum
Tuesday, 10 February 2009, 12:13 pm | Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union is backing moves for a referendum on boosting the minimum wage. Maritime Union of New Zealand spokesperson Victor Billot says the Union has offered its support for the proposed referendum put forward by the Unite Union. More >>
Maritime Union to pursue further action over spy
Monday, 22 December 2008, 5:10 pm | Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union is looking at further action in the police spy scandal following discussions by national officials today. More >>
Police spy scandal - Union may call stopwork
Friday, 19 December 2008, 10:16 am | Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union may call a national work stoppage to hold stopwork meetings of its members to discuss the police spy scandal. More >>
Maritime Union will fight attack on job security
Wednesday, 10 December 2008, 2:42 pm | Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union says it will fight to protect job security as the backlash grows against the National Government's attempt to push through the "fire at will" bill before Christmas. More >>
Casual workers must be offered support
Monday, 10 November 2008, 1:03 pm | Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union says that protection for casual workers in the economic recession is a major focus for 2009. More >>
Unionize to beat redundancy pain
Sunday, 2 November 2008, 8:08 pm | Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union says that membership in a union is the best strategy for workers to get protections at a time of international economic turmoil. More >>
Qualified support for South Island ports merger
Thursday, 30 October 2008, 11:32 am | Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union of New Zealand has offered qualified support to the merger of Lyttelton Port Company and the Port of Otago announced today. More >>
Maritime Union Welcomes Labour's Employment Policy
Tuesday, 28 October 2008, 1:22 pm | Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union of New Zealand has welcomed the release of the Labour Party's policy for employment relations today. More >>
Labour employment policy deals w important issues
Tuesday, 28 October 2008, 1:01 pm | Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union of New Zealand has welcomed the release of the Labour Party's policy for employment relations today. More >>
Lockwood's comments: sort out short-term labour
Thursday, 23 October 2008, 4:06 pm | Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union says that action must be taken to protect both local jobs and overseas workers in New Zealand industries after recent comments from Opposition immigration spokesperson Lockwood Smith about overseas workers caused an uproar. More >>
