Press Release – Maritime Union of New Zealand The Maritime Union says skilled New Zealand workers are being turned down for jobs at the Ports of Auckland. Ports of Auckland Limited CEO Tony Gibson has told media that there are no New Zealand workers available for key jobs including crane and …
The Maritime Union says skilled New Zealand workers are being turned down for jobs at the Ports of Auckland.
Ports of Auckland Limited CEO Tony Gibson has told media that there are no New Zealand workers available for key jobs including crane and straddle drivers.
However the Union has an email from a former POAL employee dated 2 December 2020 that turns him down for a job as a straddle driver, and instead offers a role for skilled lashing work on a ship (see below.)
Thursday, 17 December 2020, 5:41 pm
The Maritime Union says skilled New Zealand workers are
being turned down for jobs at the Ports of
Auckland.
Ports of Auckland Limited CEO Tony Gibson
has told media that there are no New Zealand workers
available for key jobs including crane and straddle
drivers.
However the Union has an email from a former
POAL employee dated 2 December 2020 that turns him down for
a job as a straddle driver, and instead offers a role for
skilled lashing work on a ship (see below.)
The worker
had more than ten years of previous experience at the port
driving Straddle Carriers and other Port Machinery, and was
Press Release – Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union says skilled New Zealand workers are being turned down for jobs at the Ports of Auckland.
Ports of Auckland Limited CEO Tony Gibson has told media that there are no New Zealand workers available for key jobs including crane and straddle drivers.
However the Union has an email from a former POAL employee dated 2 December 2020 that turns him down for a job as a straddle driver, and instead offers a role for skilled lashing work on a ship (see below.)
The worker had more than ten years of previous experience at the port driving Straddle Carriers and other Port Machinery, and was one the very operators POAL say they are short of and whom would help alleviate the staffing issues.
Press Release – Maritime Union of New Zealand The Maritime Union says skilled New Zealand workers are being turned down for jobs at the Ports of Auckland. Ports of Auckland Limited CEO Tony Gibson has told media that there are no New Zealand workers available for key jobs including crane and …
The Maritime Union says skilled New Zealand workers are being turned down for jobs at the Ports of Auckland.
Ports of Auckland Limited CEO Tony Gibson has told media that there are no New Zealand workers available for key jobs including crane and straddle drivers.
However the Union has an email from a former POAL employee dated 2 December 2020 that turns him down for a job as a straddle driver, and instead offers a role for skilled lashing work on a ship (see below.)
Press Release – Joint Press Release Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ), and the Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) joint media release Workers at Port Otago are going on the front foot in a public campaign to change aggressive management tactics which are threatening the …
Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ), and the Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) joint media release
Workers at Port Otago are going on the front foot in a public campaign to change aggressive management tactics which are threatening the future of the region’s export hub.
A meeting on Wednesday 16 December of over one hundred members of the combined port unions, the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ), and the Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU), unanimously passed a motion that ‘This meeting of Combined Unions at Port Otago call upon management to abandon their aggressive approach to industrial relations at our Port and endorse a campaign of resistance.’