Dockworkers from three stevedoring corporations at the Port of Newcastle in Australia, protested through a h-hour stop work meeting against the arrival of a new bulk uploading crane which according to the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), could potentially threaten job security.
The MUA assistant national secretary, Warren Smith stated that ‘The MUA has demanded the Port of Newcastle withdraw its plans to exclude existing wharfies from their current work’.
In fact, workers agreed to go against...
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