Maritime Union of Australia
Northern NSW Branch
Contact the Branch
Glen Williams
Branch Secretary
406-408 King Street
Newcastle West,
NSW 2302
Ph 02 4929 2149
Email glen.williams@mua.org.au
Current Campaign
KEEP AUSTRALIA AFLOAT
Newcastle is one the oldest unionised ports in Australia, shipping coal to England in the early 1800s. It was also once a vibrant port for river boat cargo and passenger services along the Hunter, Clarence and northern river ports.
Today it is very diverse port stevedoring cargoes of bulk wheat, coal, aluminium, fertilizers and general goods. It is the biggest tonnage port in Australia and the biggest coal export port in the world. The Port of Newcastle is currently undergoing expansion at the old BHP steel site for general cargo and at Kooragang Island coal terminal.
The union covers around 600 port authority employees, workers at the bulk facilities, painters and dockers, tugs and linesmen, seafarers and stevedoring workers.
Newcastle is also the centre of the unions Veterans Association campaigning for better pensions, health services and financial support for the port's expansion.
Branch Press
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NNSW Branch Committee Film Night On Thursday November 11, The NNSW Branch Youth Committee successfully held the first MUA Film Night. Over 80 rank and file, retired members and invited guests attended the evening and all enjoyed a great night of entertainment. The Film Night was organised and run by the members of the Youth Committee that has recently been reformed in Newcastle. The Youth Committee determined that if they were to know the path ahead they needed to understand where they had come from in the past. -
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Newcastle New Special Addition News about the Federal Election
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Port News coming soon
Related Links
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Newcastle Trades Hall The NTHC is the peak union body in the Hunter and is supported by affiliation fees from 32 Unions based in Newcastle and the Hunter.
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Newcastle Ports Corp The website provides information on ship movements, port history and development, media and communications
Local News & Events
ITF warns Port of Auckland is ‘on brink’
ITF COMMUNICATIONS UNIT 20 Jan 2012 ITF President Paddy Crumlin has flown to London to hold urgent talks with the ITF and dockers' unions to discuss the escalating situation with the Port of Auckland - and the severe effects on the Maritime Union of New Zealand.
Event MUA National Conference: Organise, Unite, Fight! SYDNEY, NSW 26 Feb 2012
Event International Women's Day Nationwide, 8 Mar 2012
Event Working Waves: Surfing comp Soldiers Beach, NSW 30 Mar 2012