Wharfies to strike again mid-February
The protracted dispute is now in its fourth month and has seen five disruptive strikes and the loss of two major contracts to the Port of Tauranga.
The Maritime Union has announced a week-long strike at the Ports of Auckland (POA) in mid-February.
Three hundred wharfies voted for the strike, from February 15, at a meeting this morning.
It would run until February 22 but would not be continuous. Union members would just refuse to work containers delivered or moved around the ports by POA’s majority-owned company Conlinxx, which has already been used to outsource jobs at the port.
The protracted dispute is now in its fourth month and has seen five disruptive strikes and the loss of two major contracts to the Port of Tauranga.
The Maritime Union of New Zealand wants to protect outsourcing of port worker jobs and is mulling legal options ahead of proposed restructuring at Ports of Auckland.
Georgina Bond
Tue, 31 Jan 2012
Tue, 31 Jan 2012
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Wharfies to strike again mid-February
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