The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) is deeply concerned by comments today from NT Treasurer Dave Tollner and his desperate attempt to smear political opponents using the Royal Commission in
Last week at the Quadrennial National Conference on the Gold Coast a resolution concerning the possible amalgamation with the CFMEU was moved and passed unanimously.
The MUA condemns Minister for Women Michaelia Cash and the Turnbull government for insisting domestic violence leave cannot be included in agreements for workers in their own departments.
After unsuccessfully submitting questions to ABC’s Q&A panel for weeks, activists were eventually successful in getting a question put to the panel on seafaring jobs after staging a protest out
The MV Portland may have sailed over the horizon, however the community are still fighting to get the jobs that Alcoa shed in an overnight raid on January 13.
Shadow Transport Minister Anthony Albanese joined the MUA's Quadrennial Conference on the last day to talk about the plight of seafaring and other jobs under the LNP Government.