ILWU local 13 is holding a special memorial service for brother Bert Tufele, singer, guitar player, husband and father of five, grandfather killed on the Long Beach wharve.
Waterside worker Billy Walker died last week from cancer - a melanoma he'd got from labouring under the sun on the ships deck, the wharves and the glare of the water that spread into his brain, his
Billy Walker, Fremantle wharfie, died last night, Thursday, Nov 11 - his wife Linda by his side. But he fought until his very last breath to make the wharves safe.
Ratification of the ILO Seafarers' Bill or Rights will be a significant step in tightening the noose around the neck of Flag of Convenience ships and the corruption of maritime standards in too man
MUA National Secretary Paddy Crumlin said the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's latest push for a third operator to lift port productivity must be part of a national transport ports