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Disruption from waterfront industrial action just gets worse and worse

Photo: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

Industrial action on the waterfront is causing increasing disruption to the movement of ships and the movement of vital goods upon which Australian families rely.

At least two ship voyages have been greatly delayed at huge cost.

A five day delay

A ship was due to call at Sydney earlier this week. It was faced with a five-day delay because of protected industrial action. The approximate cost of a day’s delay for a container ship can be about $25,000 a day. A five...

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/disruption-from-waterfront-industrial-action-just-gets-worse-and-worse/

For the sake of Australian families, the MUA must stop its waterfront industrial action

The MUA is carrying out a nationally-coordinated protected industrial action campaign to bring the Australian waterfront to a complete stop. Australian families could suffer. Picture: Dimitris Vetsikas from Pixabay

The Maritime Union of Australia is carrying out a nationally coordinated protected industrial action campaign on the Australian waterfront.

It has been targeting international shipping and container terminals in Australia. Now it is targeting the towage sector with an extensive series...

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/for-the-sake-of-australian-families-mua-must-stop-its-waterfront-industrial-action/

EVENING NEWS & OPINION: dark clouds and a ray of hope

Prospects for smooth operations on the Australian waterfront have taken a stormy turn.

The Maritime Union of Australia has given notice of its intent to take extensive protected industrial action at Patrick Terminals. This coordinated national industrial action was made public earlier today (Friday 28 August).

Bans, bans, bans

The nationwide industrial action includes bans on the performance or work in higher levels, a series of one hour stoppages, four hour stoppages, some eight hour stoppages,...

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/evening-news-opinion-dark-clouds-and-a-ray-of-hope/

Opinion: lies and nonsense from the Maritime Union

Australia’s main waterfront union, the Maritime Union of Australia (a division of the CFMMEU) clearly has a problem with reality, or the meaning of words, or both.

It’s the only explanation that fits the latest round of nonsensical utterances from the union.

The MUA is trying to mislead when it says that “co-ordinated national industrial action is neither planned, nor possible”.

It is a fact that that the union has been granted Protected Action Orders at Hutchison Sydney, Hutchison Brisbane, DP...

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/opinion-lies-and-nonsense-from-the-maritime-union/

Maritime Union Win Over MV Portland Sit-In

  • Australian federal court has handed a major legal victory to ten Australian seafarers who undertook a two-month sit-in to prevent their vessel from being replaced by foreign.
  • The MUA have been in a 4.5 year legal battle with the FWO, which is seeking fines and damages over crew allegations.
  • The 10 seafarers refused to sail the vessel to Singapore, occupying the vessel before they were forcibly removed and replaced by a foreign crew.

A prosecution lodged by the Fair Work Commission against the...

https://mfame.guru/maritime-union-win-over-mv-portland-sit-in/

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