No one is safe until we are all safe
Are you a transport worker? Add your name to the open letter from transport workers calling on the UK, Germany and Swiss governments to make vaccines available to all.
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Campaigns
Port Otago workers launch “campaign of resistance” over mismanagement
Workers at Port Otago are going on the front foot in a public campaign to change aggressive management tactics which are threatening the future of the region’s export hub.
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Transport plan a chance to rebuild coastal shipping
The Maritime Union welcomes the Government’s transport policy, which was released today, as an opportunity to restore New Zealand’s coastal shipping industry and repeal section 198 of the Maritime Transport Act
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Here’s why we need only NZ-flagged ships travelling around our coasts
I work at Ports of Auckland. I’m onsite every day as part of the stevedoring team, in the 20 years I’ve been a watersider, I’ve had just about every job there is. Lasher, straddle driver you name it.
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Strengthen our shores. Rebuild our coastal shipping. Sign the petition now.
Aotearoa-New Zealand is an island nation dependent on trade to survive. But because our coastal shipping was deregulated by the
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Rebuilding our coastal shipping requires government intervention
If the Covid-19 response has taught us anything, it’s that our economy lives and dies by our supply chains and that when push comes to shove New Zealand can’t always rely on the rest of the world.
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Attends MUNZ National Council
MUNZ was pleased to offer a warm welcome to Jacinda Ardern, Labour leader and Prime Minister of New Zealand, at our
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MUNZ Protests Outside Papua New Guinea High Commission, Demands Justice for Dockers
Union leaders and activists from around New Zealand were joined by Wellington branch in protest outside the Papua New Guinea High
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