Newcastle church groups and the ITF have received a litany of complaints from the crew complaining about low wages, refused access to medical treatment after a ship board accident and extreme worki
Sunday victory ensures Tigers retain the MUA Solidarity Cup, the challenge trophy that goes on the line whenever the two Sydney inner-western clubs meet at Henson Park.
In a number of ports there have been reports that companies are seeking to remove the hatchman from operations particularly in Bulk and General operations.
The Resource Super Profits Tax (RSPT) may have resolved but through the stand off with the Government the miners may have been blinding themselves to some golden opportunities in shipping.
A Filipino crew member of a bulk carrier carrying coal from Gladstone to Korea is in a Brisbane hospital after jumping from the vessel after his clothes caught fire.
Deputy National Secretary Mick Doleman reports that the Trans Tasman Oil and Gas Alliance met earlier in June in New Plymouth, New Zealand. The unions engaged in the Alliance are the MUA, Australi
Napoleon Gomez, leader of the Mexican mineworkers union, has spoken at the ITUC Congress on the oppression and violence he and workers have faced at the hands of Grupo Mexico and the Mexican Govern
