The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) Dockers GNT Global Seminar at Aqaba in Jordan has passed the following resolution in support of Ports of Auckland workers.
Current efforts to protect the Great Barrier Reef from environmental damage will be strengthened greatly by the Federal Government's shipping policy reform agenda, the Maritime Union of Australia s
The Maritime Union will challenge the lawfulness of the decision by Ports of Auckland to sack nearly 300 striking workers, but port management is confident it is in the clear.
Industrial action on Auckland's waterfront is spreading to Christchurch with workers at the Lyttelton port planning to refuse to work on a container ship.