Waterfront Workers Union – Maritime Union of New Zealand

Maritime Union supports UK Award-Winning Play About Paul Robeson at Fringe NZ

February 10, 2015February 10, 2015 admin 2 Comments Arts, union history, Waterfront Workers Union, workers rights

Paul Robeson is a name that would be known to most trade unionists of the older generation, and to many younger ones well versed in labour and trade union history.

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Maritime Union welcomes release of 1951 lockout papers

March 4, 2008July 7, 2009 admin 0 Comments 1951 lockout, New Zealand Seafarers Union, SIS, union history, Waterfront Workers Union

The Maritime Union of New Zealand has welcomed the release of secret SIS papers on the 1951 waterfront lockout to Archives New Zealand.

Maritime Union General Secretary Trevor Hanson says the 1951 waterfront lockout was the most significant industrial event in living memory in New Zealand.

He says the Maritime Union still counts veterans of the 1951 dispute amongst its retired members.