The Maritime Union of Australia has hailed the clearing of major obstacles towards the adoption of a first-ever stevedoring code of practice. The code will assist in creating safer workplaces and be a strong tool to prevent the deaths of ...
Tags: MUA, Service, Stevedoring Code
Five unions representing Australian coal terminal employees have called for an eight-hour strike Friday at the Port Waratah Coal Services export facility, a company spokesman said Tuesday. The strike is expected to start at 6:30 a.m. ...
Tags: Coal Terminal, Chemicals
Members of five trade unions employed at the Port Waratah Coal Services shipment facility for coal exports at Newcastle port in eastern Australia have called a four-hour strike next Wednesday in an escalation of their industrial dispute ...
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Australian maritime workers have arrived in Hong Kong to support Kwai Tsing dockworkers in their strike, which began on 28 March 2013 in support of better wages and working conditions. A delegation of Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) ...
The Maritime Union of Australia and thousands of its members around Australia are rallying outside the offices of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and its affiliates to call on the business community to cease its ...
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ABC reported that more than 100 wharf workers have gone on strike at Fremantle Port and the Kwinana bulk terminal, south of Perth. The Maritime Union says members have stopped work because they want their new enterprise agreements to ...
Tags: Strike, Fremantle Port, Transportation