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...
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/
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/