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Rail Workers Celebrate Hillside Workshops Rebirth
Friday, 16 May 2025, 8:33 am | Rail And Maritime Transport Union
“This new facility is already boosting high-skill, unionised jobs, strengthening our economic resilience, and enhancing South Island rail maintenance capability,” Rail and Maritime Transport Union General Secretary Todd Valster said. More >>
Port Nelson Fine Highlights Maritime Safety Issues
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 12:27 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union
The company was sentenced on 6 May at the Nelson District Court after earlier pleading guilty under the Health and Safety at Work Act to breaching its duty of care to ensure the health and safety of workers. More >>
Latest Polling Shows Majority Support Public-owned Rail Ferries
Wednesday, 29 January 2025, 6:58 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union
At the same time, support for a privatised option has decreased, and considerably more people think Finance Minister Nicola Willis made a mistake in cancelling the original ferry contract than support her call. More >>
Ferry Announcement Creates More Uncertainty
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 4:25 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union
RMTU General Secretary Todd Valster says major decisions have been left in limbo, including whether new ferries will be rail-enabled or where they will be sourced from. More >>
Wellington Rail Workers Taking Industrial Action From Midnight
Monday, 16 September 2024, 4:55 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union
Rail and Maritime Transport Union General Secretary Todd Valster says at this stage the industrial action is an overtime ban, shift change and/or shift extension bans. More >>
Non-rail Ferries Risk Costing NZ $3.3b A Year
Monday, 16 September 2024, 2:22 am | Rail And Maritime Transport Union
If this Government was actually serious about driving growth, getting people moving on our roads and improving safety, it would be investing to move more freight and passengers on to rail. Instead, its new transport plan has slashed hundreds of millions ... More >>
Rail Cuts Set New Zealand Up For Failure
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 10:49 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union
The government’s war on rail is setting New Zealand up for failure, says the Rail and Maritime Transport Union. More >>
Auckland Trains Running On Saturday Night For Rugby Fans, Says Union
Friday, 21 June 2024, 12:49 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union
Saturday night features a sold out Blues v Chiefs match for the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific Final at Eden Park. More >>
Auckland Rail Workers Firm Despite Suspensions
Monday, 17 June 2024, 6:46 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union
Auckland rail workers say their employers would be better off sorting out alternative services for commuters rather than suspending them. More >>
Planned Job Losses Put Auckland Rail Passengers At Risk
Friday, 8 September 2023, 6:47 am | Rail And Maritime Transport Union
Rail workers say the health and safety of the travelling public is being put at risk by the removal of platform supervisors in key Auckland rail stations. Auckland One Rail (AOR), the company who run the Auckland Metro Network for Auckland Transport, ... More >>
Rail Union Condemns Te Huia Auckland Ban
Monday, 17 July 2023, 7:19 am | Rail And Maritime Transport Union
The Union representing rail workers says an order from rail regulator Waka Kotahi that effectively shuts down Te Huia from Papakura into Auckland is over the top and makes no sense. Waka Kotahi issued a Section 28 notice under the Railways Act last ... More >>
Lyttelton Port Sell Off Will Trigger A Fight, Says Candidate For Top Job In Port Union
Friday, 10 March 2023, 3:45 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union
Lyttelton Port Stevedore Heiner Benecke says the Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) will fight any sell down of Christchurch City Council’s ownership of the port if his bid to become the union’s General Secretary succeeds. Benecke is running ... More >>
RMTU Backs Locked Out Kawerau Essity Workers
Thursday, 1 September 2022, 12:03 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union
One of New Zealand’s biggest transport unions – representing rail and port workers – has thrown its support behind a group of Kawerau workers locked out from their jobs. Rail and Maritime Transport Union General Secretary Wayne Butson says the Union ... More >>
Rail Union Backs Green Campaign For Lower North Island Rail
Wednesday, 13 July 2022, 10:25 am | Rail And Maritime Transport Union
The union representing rail workers is backing a call from the Green Party for more Government investment in regional passenger rail. Rail and Maritime Transport Union General Secretary Wayne Butson says ongoing underfunding is causing problems with ... More >>
MUNZ/RMTU Joint Media Release: Transport Workers Welcome International Support For Fair Pay Agreements
Saturday, 11 June 2022, 1:50 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union
Maritime Union of New Zealand / Rail and Maritime Transport Union joint media release Two of New Zealand’s leading transport unions have welcomed international support for the proposed Fair Pay Agreements (FPA’s). Discussions last week at the International ... More >>
Derailment A Reminder Of Workplace Health And Safety Hazards
Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 11:44 am | Rail And Maritime Transport Union
The union representing rail workers says three of its members were fortunate to escape serious injuries after a derailment. A KiwiRail DC-class locomotive was derailed at St Johns, central Auckland, at 1.25am this morning. Three KiwiRail staff members ... More >>
Reappointment Of KiwiRail CEO Peter Reidy A Positive Move
Monday, 2 May 2022, 9:26 am | Rail And Maritime Transport Union
The announcement that Peter Reidy will return to the CEO role at KiwiRail is seen as a positive by the union representing KiwiRail workers. Peter Reidy resigned as CEO of KiwiRail in 2018, and was replaced by Greg Miller, who resigned in November ... More >>
Port Workers Protest Against Blood Phosphate Ship
Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 10:51 am | Rail And Maritime Transport Union
The Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) is calling attention to the importation of “blood phosphate” into New Zealand ports. RMTU members will be handing a letter of protest to the captain of the ship Stony Stream when it arrives into Port of Napier, ... More >>
Auckland Metro Rail Workers To Vote On Industrial Action
Tuesday, 15 February 2022, 3:11 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union
Industrial action could be hitting Auckland metro rail in March, unless rail workers receive an acceptable pay increase. The Rail and Maritime Transport Union is balloting its members at Auckland One Rail for industrial action following a breakdown in pay ... More >>
Rail And Maritime Transport Union Media Release: KiwiRail Workers Ratify New Pay Deal
Monday, 14 February 2022, 6:33 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union
Workers at KiwiRail have ratified a new pay deal that increases hourly pay rates and allowances. Rail and Maritime Transport Union General Secretary Wayne Butson says the new agreement provides stability for the workforce and to KiwiRail customers ... More >>
