In line with union policy, union dues base rates will increase as at January 2012. Members will be aware that this occurs each calendar year. See pdf below for a table of rates.
The Maritime Union appreciates the factual basis and insight displayed by the New Zealand Herald in its editorial "Merger key to ports being more efficient" (Friday 9 December 2011).
In a landmark day for local seafarers, Australia has now lodged its ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention with the International Labour Organisation in Geneva.
POAGS, owned by Chris Corrigan's Qube Logistics, workers at Fremantle and Bunbury will be locked out for putting in place work bans due to safety concerns and as part of their 12 month campaign to