Port Services
Maritime workers work in bulk facilities loading wheat and coal, for port authorities in maintenance, boat services and towage. They are linesmen and office administration employees in more than 40 regional and capital ports around the coast.
In Sydney for example, the union covers workers at, Sydney Ports Corporation, NSW Maritime, on Svitzer Tugs, PB towage, harbour cruise vessels and ferries.
Industry Press
- National OH&S Bulletin Size: mb MUA response to safety incidents during Cyclone Billy December 2008
- National OH&S Bulletin Size: mb MUA response to safety incidents during Cyclone Billy December 2008
Industry News & Events
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Port Of Longview Signs Off On ILWU And EGT Settlement
3 Feb 2012 Port of Longview commissioners Friday signed off on a settlement with EGT Development and union dock workers. The pact provides a framework for longshoremen to work inside the $200 million grain terminal and end one of the area's longest, angriest labor disputes in decades.
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ITF warns Port of Auckland is ‘on brink’
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.
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International News: New terminal could mean more competition for West Coast ports
5 Jan 2012 A Danish shipping terminal operating company has won the right to build a new deepwater container terminal at the Mexican port of Lazaro Cardenas. That new $900 million facility on Mexico’s Pacific coast will bring new competition to American West Coast ports for business feeding imported goods to the Midwest ...
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Union Dues - New Base Rates
4 Jan 2012 In line with union policy, union dues base rates will increase as at January 2012. Members will be aware that this occurs each calendar year. See pdf below for a table of rates
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MUA National Conference: Organise, Unite, Fight!
SYDNEY, NSW, 26 Feb 2012
