Protected Industrial Action

Industrial action withdrawn at DPWA

The Maritime Union of Australia withdrew its industrial action at DP World Australia minutes before a case was due to be heard by the Fair Work Commission.

Shipping Australia understands that a written undertaking has now been given to the Fair Work Commission that no further notices of industrial action at Port Botany will be submitted before 01 November 2020.

In a customer statement, DP World Australia says that a normal service will resume. It adds that it expects to be able to pursue a final...

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/industrial-action-withdrawn-at-dpwa-normal-service-to-resume/

Shipping Australia takes action to support DPWA

Pictured: a statue of Lady Justice – a personification of the moral force in judicial systems and of justice itself; photo credit Jessica45 from Pixabay

Late yesterday, Shipping Australia filed a statement at the Fair Work Commission in support of DP World Australia’s application to terminate protected industrial action on the grounds of significant harm to the economy.

Extensive industrial action across the waterfront is a matter of importance to the shipping industry as the increased costs and...

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/shipping-australia-takes-action-to-support-dpwa/

Shipping Australia supports DPWA’s application to terminate industrial action

DP World yesterday made an application to the Fair Work Commission to terminate industrial action on the grounds that the action threatens to cause significant damage to the Australian economy and to New South Wales.

“The new industrial action proposed at Port Botany – including unlimited bans on our three biggest customers for at least the next two weeks – endangers supply chains for critical products and exports and puts unacceptable pressure on the economy,” DPWA said in a statement.

Port...

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/shipping-australia-supports-dpwas-application-to-terminate-industrial-action/

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/

Opinion: industrial action will reduce shipping services to the detriment of Australian families and businesses

Shipping Australia is very concerned about the adverse effects on Australian families that will be caused by coordinated protected industrial action on the Australian waterfront.

About 99% of Australia’s imports and exports by volume, and about 79% by value, are transported by ocean-going ships. This includes the everyday goods, foodstuffs, and medical supplies upon which Australian families rely.

Bear in mind too that about 9% to 10% of Australia’s workforce is employed in the logistics sector....

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/opinion-industrial-action-will-reduce-shipping-services-to-the-detriment-of-australian-families-and-businesses/

Week in review

As ever, there was a lot on the agenda in the week gone by. Bear in mind – some of the issues discussed last week could be on the agenda again in the months or even years to come. So our “Week in review” might be able to give you a little bit of a heads-up about what might be coming your way.

In the week just gone by:

  • Industrial Action: SAL Secretariat wrote to State and Federal ministers, including the State Premiers, about the potential impact of protected industrial action on the Australian...

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/week-in-review/

OPINION: as an industrial action crisis looms, it is no accident that enterprise agreements have expired across the waterfront

Industrial action at the DP World container terminals around the country may just be the tip of a “protected industrial action” iceberg.

A deliberate, organised and co-ordinated campaign to cause widespread disruption across the cargo-handling waterfront appears to be underway. 

Ocean freight and logistics is vital to the lives of everyday Australians no matter how far they live from the sea. It’s especially true right now that international aviation is working at a fraction of capacity.

Ships...

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/opinion-as-an-industrial-action-crisis-looms-it-is-no-accident-that-enterprise-agreements-have-expired-across-the-waterfront/

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