Facts on the Ports of Auckland dispute
The Maritime Union and the Council of Trade Unions have released a fact sheet on the Ports of Auckland dispute (updated 3 February 2012).
Port of Auckland Dispute Fact Sheet 3 February 2012 (PDF, 128 Kb)
by Joe Fleetwood · January 9, 2012
The Maritime Union and the Council of Trade Unions have released a fact sheet on the Ports of Auckland dispute (updated 3 February 2012).
Port of Auckland Dispute Fact Sheet 3 February 2012 (PDF, 128 Kb)
Tags: Ports of Auckland
[…] The dispute began a few years back when the management started contracting out shuttle jobs. The union fought it and the management backed off. But it wasn’t over; Tony Gibson, the Port’s CEO, and his board have an agenda to smash the union and casualise the port operations. Read the background in the MUNZ fact sheet here. […]
[…] The dispute began a few years back when the management started contracting out shuttle jobs. The union fought it and the management backed off. But it wasn’t over; Tony Gibson, the Port’s CEO, and his board have an agenda to smash the union and casualise the port operations. Read the background in the MUNZ fact sheet here. […]
surprised no picket was put up accros the line so those nasty s*abs couldnt cross. Or Tauranga guys didn’t black Aucklands work’
Socialist Appeal fully supports MUNZ in fighting back against casualisation of the wharfies. This is an attempt to take the industry back to the dark ages, where workers have no rights at work.
This is without doubt an overtly political move orchestrated by the management to bust the union and as a way of making other workers feeling frieghtened for their jobs.
Naturally the government wants to privatise the port and their property speculator robber barons would dearly like to get their grubby hands on the Auckland waterfront.
Support the Auckland Wharfies
No to Casualisation
No to Privatisation
Nationalisation of ports under workers control and management
AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL