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In October this year I attended the ITF Youth Summer School in Madrid along with 42 other participants made up of ITF staff and Union representatives from around the globe.

The Maritime Union of Australia is holding an original song competition! Although we are the oldest trade union in Australia, the MUA has no anthem or musical identity.

The Maritime Union of Australia today reached an in principle four-year enterprise agreement with Teekay Shipping across its blue water fleet of tankers and dry cargo vessels.

General Secretary of the Maritime Union of New Zealand, Joe Fleetwood, has written the following opinion piece in the Dominion Post:

The Maritime Union of Australia has welcomed today's announcement by Prime Minister Julia Gillard supporting the completion of the Maldon to Dombarton Rail Link project.

The company that chartered the stricken ship Rena will pay $1 million towards the clean-up.

Following the sad passing of Della Elliott, a long friend of the Maritime Union of Australia and its forerunners - the Seamen's Union and the Waterside Workers' Federation - a celebration of Della'

The Victorian Branch wishes to pass on its condolences to Kim and the family of Kevin Palmer who passed away on Wednesday 12th October.

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Salvage experts are hoping to start pumping oil off the grounded container ship Rena on Sunday morning, but it will be a long process, Maritime NZ says.