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Latest General News by DateUse Building Australia Fund to support Australian shippingThe Maritime Union of Australia will today call on the Rudd Government to use part of the Building Australia Fund to support the revitalisation of Australian shipping. 16 May 2008 [Full Story] Zimbabwe arms embargo still in force Union campaign to prevent bloodshed in Zimbabwe by blocking arms delivery in African ports still has teeth 12 May 2008 [Full Story] Power to May Day Sydney took May Day back to its roots this year, with the rally timed for the State Labor Conference in Darling Harbour and the "Power to the People" campaign to stop privatisation of the states electricity on Saturday 03 May 2008 [Full Story] US wharfies shut down West Coast ports in anti-war protest MUA supports the couragous and principled stand this May Day by members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Workers' Union and reports that the Port Workers Union of Iraq plan to shutdown ports for one hour in solidarity with US dock workers 02 May 2008 [Full Story] MUA welcomes new safety code for the waterfront The Maritime Union has welcomed yesterdays’ announcement by The Australian Safety and Compensation Council (ASCC) that it will develop a nationally consistent approach for OH&S at Australian stevedoring ports. 30 April 2008 [Full Story] Govt recognition for SA dockworkers arms ban Australian government responds to union request for recognition of SA workers Zimbabwe arms embargo. 30 April 2008 [Full Story] SA/ITF arms ban gets international recognition South African dockworkers successful blockade of arms shipment to Zimbabwe has won world acclaim, with MUA National Secretary Paddy Crumlin personally congratulating SATAWU Randall Howard General Secretary, SATAWU for their courageous decision. 29 April 2008 [Full Story] MUA supports SA workbans on Zimbabwe arms shipment ITF affiliates MUA and RTBU in solidarity with South African dockers and truck workers ban on arms to Zimbabwe as reports of voilence and repression under the Mugabe regime increase 22 April 2008 [Full Story] MUA among visionaries at 20:20 Summit MUA national secretary Paddy Crumlin flies to an executive board meeting of International Transport Workers' Federation in London after a weekend brainstorming big ideas with the likes of actors Cate Blanchett, Hugh Jackman, Aboriginal leader Pat Dodson, TV host Andrew Denton and ACTU President Sharan Burrow 21 April 2008 [Full Story] Save Sydney Ferry Campaign goes international Alan Cote, National President of the Inlandboatmen's Union and an ILWU Executive Board member was one of the 30 strong ILWU delegation to last weeks Mining and Maritime Conference held in Sydney. SBU/ILWU covers US ferry and tug workers. 20 April 2008 [Full Story] MUA puts rightwing writer warrior on notice When Australian Financial Review columnist and right wing opinion writer lashed out at the union and our members over the Patrick dispute this week, MUA national secretary Paddy Crumlin pulled no punches. This is his right of reply published in AFR today: 18 April 2008 [Full Story] Don't be conned by the spin about the Sydney Ferries sale Award winning journalist and film maker John Pilger joins the campaign to save Sydney Ferries. His letter featured in "First Word" in the Sydney Morning Herald today 17 April 2008 [Full Story] Hungry Mile to Hollywood MUA national secretary Paddy Crumlin backs ILWU and US workers on Hollywood to the Docks workers' rights campaign at Hungry Mile dedication: "We extend our solidarity to all the American working men and women," he said. "We are with you in heart, we are with you in spirit, we are walking shoulder to shoulder from Hollywood down the docks in LA." The ILWU Local 10 Drill Team kicked off the 28-mile march organised by the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO. The Federation organised the march to spotlight and support the 350,000 workers whose unions will be negotiating new contracts this year—including those in the ILWU Longshore Division. ILWU President Bob McEllrath speaks from the Hungry Mile, Sydney Australia, ILWU Secretary Treasurer Willie Adams returns to the USA on April 17th to address the rally in LA. Videos from the opening day of HOLLYWOOD TO THE DOCKS. http://www.hollywoodtothedocks.org/ 16 April 2008 [Full Story] Secret cabinet document on ferries a slap in the face The Maritime Union of Australia will meet with ferry workers at Circular Quay today following revelations of a secret cabinet document revealing a push within the NSW Transport Department for privatisation of Sydney ferries. 15 April 2008 [Full Story] 10 years on and the MUA must still defend Patrick workers This is the MUA's response to the SMH editorial damning the union and its workers for the 1998 Patrick dispute. The letter was published in the Heralds' "First Word" on April 11 14 April 2008 [Full Story] The Hungry Mile Dedication With actor Jack Thompson, Peter Garrett, Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Frank Sartor, Minister for Planning, Minister for Redfern Waterloo, Minister for the Arts, folksong and poetry in the park 11 April 2008 [Full Story] Patrick conspiracy “sheer evil” : Beazley Kim Beazley's speech at the MUA dinner commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Patrick Dispute, Darling Harbour Convention Centre, Sydney, April 9 11 April 2008 [Full Story] Gillard commits to freedom of information Acting PM Julia Gillard gets rousing welcome at MUA national conference, committing to real freedom of information laws as well as determining whether these new laws can be retrospective so secret Howard government documents linking Howard and Reith to the conspiracy to sack the MUA workforce in 1998 can finally surface. As well the acting PM committed to Australian shipping, training to overcome maritime skills shortage, union representation on AMSA and merchant mariners day. 10 April 2008 [Full Story] Conference Highlights Day 2 Play,paintings and photographs of the Patrick dispute on display for the opening of Laborfest. Dave Heindel, Seafarers' International Union of the USA address to conference alongside MUA national officers. 09 April 2008 [Full Story] Wharfies' mural unveiled Maritime workers take close look at historic wharfies’ mural 08 April 2008 [Full Story] Conference Day 1 MUA National Conference commemorates Patrick Dispute 10th anniversary with one minutes silence, National Secretary's report and keynote international speakers Bob Crow, RMT UK Bob McEllrath, ILWU, USA and Ezrom Mabyana, SATAWU, South Africa 08 April 2008 [Full Story] Wharves stop for a minutes silence to mark Patrick lockout National stoppage marks tenth anniversary of waterfront dispute. Waterfront workers in every dock in Australia will stop work for one minute today to mark the tenth anniversary of the iconic Patrick waterfront dispute. 07 April 2008 [Full Story] Waterfront sculpture commemorates Patrick lockout Melbourne wharfies mark ten years since iconic waterfront dispute 03 April 2008 [Full Story] Hundreds rally on tenth anniversary of waterfront dispute Today Stevedores on the Fremantle docks will stop work for two hours and march through the streets to mark the tenth anniversary of the iconic Patrick waterfront dispute. 03 April 2008 [Full Story] Power in the Union 02 April 2008 [Full Story] |
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