The Maritime Union of Australia is taking its fight straight to Caltex in a show of solidarity with the crew of the formerly Caltex contracted tanker, the Alexander Spirit.
The Australian Council of Trade Unions will organise a Shipping Industry Summit in order to redress the crisis currently unfolding in Australian shipping.
The Maritime Union of Australia was successful in passing a motion regarding the 'Crisis in Coastal Shipping' as Australian Council of Trade Unions Executive members met today in Melbourne.
The Maritime Union of Australia passes on its sincerest condolences to Andrew Kelly’s family after the seafaring member was crushed between two containers working off the coast of Dampier yesterday