The New Zealand affiliates of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) met today to discuss their concerns with the arrival of KiwiRail’s new locomotives in the country.
Two of New Zealand’s main transport unions have formed a strategic alliance focussed on the New Zealand waterfront.
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 Auckland and Wellington today.
“The Maritime Union will give full and active support to our fellow transport workers and their union the EPMU in this dispute.”
