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RMTU members stand with Maritime Union

Thursday, 23 February 2012, 4:58 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union

No rail or port member of the Rail & Maritime Transport Union will be crossing any picket lines during the Ports of Auckland strike, RMTU General Secretary Wayne Butson said today. More >>

Problems with Chinese flat top wagons not a surprise

Thursday, 16 February 2012, 1:17 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union

The union for rail workers says the difficulties KiwiRail is experiencing with its wagons highlights the problem with taking a very short-sighted view of procurement. More >>

Problems with Chinese flat top wagons not a surprise

Thursday, 16 February 2012, 1:17 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union

The union for rail workers says the difficulties KiwiRail is experiencing with its wagons highlights the problem with taking a very short-sighted view of procurement. More >>

Publically owned companies should protect, not destroy, jobs

Sunday, 12 February 2012, 3:49 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union

Publically owned companies like Ports of Auckland should be protecting jobs, not casualising them, the Rail and Maritime Transport Union said today. More >>

Steve Gurney diversion sends wrong message on rail safety

Friday, 27 January 2012, 5:16 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union

Public understanding about the serious consequences of poor driving at level crossings is not helped by police diversion being offered for collisions involving careless driving, rail workers say. More >>

Retaining skilled rail workforce needs to be a priority

Wednesday, 14 December 2011, 9:34 am | Rail And Maritime Transport Union

An important issue for the new Transport Minister will be how to retain skilled rail workers in New Zealand, their union said today. More >>

Hillside Workers Down Tools Express No Confidence in Bosses

Wednesday, 16 November 2011, 10:06 am | Rail And Maritime Transport Union

Hillside Workers Down Tools, Express 'No Confidence' in Their Bosses and Call on CEO Jim Quinn to 'Step In' More >>

KiwiRail separation concerning – foreshadowing privatisation

Sunday, 30 October 2011, 11:15 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union

Rail workers would be concerned if KiwiRail’s move to separate its business in two is a foreshadow of future privatisation, their union said today. More >>

Joint Meeting of Port Unions Vows to Fight Job Cuts

Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 3:05 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union

A mass stop work meeting of the two main waterfront unions has unanimously supported a call to fight proposals by Port Otago to slash jobs. Members of the Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) and the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) called on the ... More >>

Mothballing Northland rail line short sighted

Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 5:16 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union

The Rail and Maritime Transport Union is backing a petition to save Northland's rail network. The petition, signed by over 10,000 people, will be presented at Parliament next month. More >>

Port Workers Wage Increase Reflects Commitment to Community

Friday, 16 September 2011, 11:55 am | Rail And Maritime Transport Union

The two main waterfront unions have voted to ratify a collective employment agreement at Lyttelton Port that delivers a wage increase of just over 10% by September 2013. The increase is delivered in four stages over the next two years. More >>

Parliament can’t ignore 14,000 people’s views

Friday, 9 September 2011, 10:06 am | Rail And Maritime Transport Union

The Rail and Maritime Transport Union says Parliament cannot ignore the concerns of 14,000 people who want to keep rail manufacturing jobs in New Zealand. More >>

Lost opportunity to maximise jobs benefit of train spend

Thursday, 1 September 2011, 5:22 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union

The rail workers’ union says today’s funding boost for the Auckland electrification project is overshadowed by a lost opportunity to keep rail manufacturing jobs in New Zealand. Transport Minister Steven Joyce has today announced an extension of ... More >>

13,854 Kiwis want to save Hillside and Hutt rail workshops

Tuesday, 9 August 2011, 11:03 am | Rail And Maritime Transport Union

Lower Hutt rail workers whose jobs are at risk say the government needs to listen to the 12,000 people have signed a petition calling for trains to be made at home. More >>

Save Hillside & Hutt rail workshops petition to be presented

Monday, 8 August 2011, 3:35 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union

Rail workers from Lower Hutt, whose jobs are under threat, will present a petition to Dunedin South MP Clare Curran on the steps of Parliament today. The petition, signed by 12,000 people since it was launched in mid June, calls on KiwiRail to build ... More >>

Procurement policy must support jobs

Thursday, 21 July 2011, 12:21 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union

The rail workers’ union says a government procurement policy that supports jobs is urgently needed, and welcomed Labour’s moves in this direction. More >>

Govt happy to talk Hobbits, but not trains

Wednesday, 20 July 2011, 1:34 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union

New Zealand’s unwillingness to back rail manufacturing is out of step with two recent developments in similar countries overseas, the union for rail workers says. More >>

Rail union slams KiwiRail Hillside jobs cull

Thursday, 14 July 2011, 5:37 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union

The Rail and Maritime Transport Union condemns KiwiRail’s decision to slash up to 44 jobs at its Hillside engineering plant. KiwiRail released its final decision today to 170 staff at the South Dunedin plant. The move is a direct result of buying ... More >>

Jobs cuts proposed on same day as overseas rail wagons roll

Thursday, 14 July 2011, 8:42 am | Rail And Maritime Transport Union

Jobs cuts proposed on same day as overseas rail wagons roll off ships in Tauranga More >>

Rail Workers Boycott CEO:Hillside Workers Announce ‘Work In'

Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 4:26 pm | Rail And Maritime Transport Union

Union members at KiwiRail will boycott CEO Jim Quinn’s national ‘roadshow’ when it arrives at Carisbrook in Dunedin tomorrow morning, staging a ‘work in’ at the Hillside rail engineering factory. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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