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The Maritime Union held its 4th Triennial Conference in Wellington from Tuesday 6 November to Friday 9 November.
Maritime Union of New Zealand General Secretary Joe Fleetwood says the Conference concludes a three year period of intense activity for the Union.
He says that the Ports of Auckland dispute had been on the agenda, along with many other campaigns the Union had been involved in, ranging from opposing port privatisation, promoting secure jobs rather than casualization, and advocating for much tighter health and safety regulations in the maritime industry.
He says the Maritime Union will continue to play a leading role in advancing the interests of maritime workers and the wider working class.
The Maritime Union had strengthened its alliances with the global union movement, and hosted a number of international delegates and speakers at the Conference.
These included the International President of the International Transport Workers’ Federation, and Secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia, Paddy Crumlin.
The four senior international officers of the ILWU, representing dock workers on the West Coast of North America and Hawaii, were...
PORTLAND, OR (November 19, 2012) – After nearly three months of negotiations,the multinational grain corporations operating in the Columbia River and Puget Sound have given local workers a final offer that demands deep concessions from workers, even though the companies have been successful under the current agreement and impasse has not been reached in negotiations. Negotiators for the union include member representatives from ILWU Local 8 in Portland, ILWU Local 4 in Vancouver, ILWU Local 23 in Tacoma, and ILWU Local 19 in Seattle.
“The ILWU has bargained in good faith and offered several proposals designed to meet the employers’ needs,” said Leal Sundet, ILWU Coast Longshore Division. “We want to keep the grain moving as we have done nonstop since the 1930’s. It’s unfortunate that the multinational corporations that are profiting at our ports have failed to accept the workers’ reasonable proposals to reach a fair agreement.”
The grain industry’s proposal will be reviewed and shared with the union membership before officials will comment on it. In the meantime, work is continuing under the full terms of the agreement that the union has developed...
International Container Terminal Services Inc. said Wednesday wholly-owned subsidiary Abbotsford Holdings Inc. acquired subscription rights to 40 million common shares in Hijo International Port Services Inc., a joint venture company with Hijo Resources Corp.
Hijo International Port owns the Hijo International Port, a private commercial port in Barangay Madaum, Tagum, Davao del Norte in the Gulf of Davao. The port sits within a reclaimed land of about 10.3 hectares. It has two berths—127-meter long and 150-meter long—and two cargo sheds located in the wharf area and various terminal support facilities. It handles approximately 300,000 metric tons of mostly banana volumes annually.
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