Press Release – Joint Press Release New Zealands two port unions have spoken out on Workers Memorial Day (28 April), demanding improvements to health and safety in New Zealand ports. The Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) and Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) represent thousands …
New Zealand’s two port unions have spoken out on Workers Memorial Day (28 April), demanding improvements to health and safety in New Zealand ports.
The Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) and Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) represent thousands of port workers throughout New Zealand.
Leaders of the two unions say port workers are being killed and hurt due to systemic problems in the industry, and things have to change.
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Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 9:04 am
New Zealand’s two port unions have spoken out on
Workers Memorial Day (28 April), demanding improvements to
health and safety in New Zealand ports.
The Maritime
Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) and Rail and Maritime Transport
Union (RMTU) represent thousands of port workers throughout
New Zealand.
Leaders of the two unions say port
workers are being killed and hurt due to systemic problems
in the industry, and things have to change.
MUNZ
National Secretary Craig Harrison says the string of deaths
and serious accidents at Ports of Auckland over the last few
years was a glaring example of the problem, which had
Source: Maritime Union of New Zealand
A stopwork meeting of Ports of Auckland workers today renewed calls for a change of leadership at their workplace.
Maritime Union members gathered from 7am this morning at Orakei Bowling Club to discuss the findings of the recent health and safety report into Ports of Auckland.
Maritime Union National Secretary Craig Harrison says the focus of the meeting was the death of two workers at the Ports since 2018 and how to fix health and safety.
Workers at the meeting voted unanimously they no longer had trust and confidence in the executive management and Board of the Ports of Auckland.
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