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
2011 presents opportunities as well as problems for MUA members and the union must continue to work hard to secure and build on our industrial, political and economic rights.