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Autumn 2008
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MUA Journal
Issue Index
- Autumn 2008
- New Year, New Government and 3 big wins for the MUA - Triton 11, Port of Napier and parliamentary inquiry to boost Australian coastal shipping and overcome the skills shortage
PATRICK 10 YRS ON: 500 international and national delegates arrive in Sydney to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Patrick dispute, the MUA National Conference of delegates and the Mining and Maritime Conference; TRITON 11: They took a stand and won. Triton shipping victory for Australian crew as Rudd Govt commits to Australian shipping
PORT OF CONVENIENCE: Global Picket get Kiwi comrades their jobs back in Napier, LABOR CULTURE: Drama, film photography and festivities highlight MUA week long celebrations as workers reclaim the Hungry Mile
- Summer 2008
- Special Council edition with full Council report and resolutions for the Annual General Meetings of members
- Spring 2007
- MWJ SPECIAL ELECTION ISSUE:
INDUSTRY SHARKS: Mass exploitation on our Reef as one woman takes a stand against Howard Govt IR laws
ROCK OFF JOHNNY: How the Anti-Howard Squad is at work in key marginals to unseat the Govt
TALKING POLITICS:Union round table council on the upcoming elections
DON”T PRIVATISE ME: Sydney Ferries under the hammer? The union fights privatisation push
APEC FOLLIES: How US President Bush turned Sydney into a police state and the MUA took a stand
LAND GRAB: How the Howard Government continues White Australia’s invasion of Aboriginal country
WORKING CLASS IDOL II: MaritimeUnion launched on YouTube. Entries open for idol mark II, web delegates
- Winter 2007
- Political storm, government ship policy runs aground, Labor to refloat Australian shipping: Coastal battles, the fight to keep Australian crew on board 5 coastal ships with CSL takeover; Global talks for world crew rates: Terminator 4: How Hollywood put a stop to BHP's LNG facility and how the unions will play a star role in getting the production back on track; Pasha Bulker: monument to FoC hazards; Dock work is dockers work: the Capo Noli dispute; Media Maelstrom: How the Murdoch press is union bashing and the union is fighting back in the war of words. New faces: full union election results
- Autumn 2007
- MUA ballot: 26 candidates contest 12 positions - full details; Fallen Comrades, MUA push for a safe workplace goes national and global; ITF dockworkers resolve to mount worldwide campaign for common safety code; Women hit hardest by IR laws; Bastard Boys, coming soon. ABC TV docodrama review; Workers' Logies: no less than 15 MUA members recognised - a medal for Per, scholarship for Kaz, bravery award for harbour deckhands Lisa and Mick, writers' gong for Wayne and ACTU recognition for Stolt delos and MUA film unit
- Summer 2007
- ELECTION YEAR: Maritime workers rally against Howard Government - in the streets and in the marginals - as federal IR election showdown looms
THE CANDIDATE : Sydney branch secretary and national presiding officer Robert Coombs heads for state parliament
UNION BALLOT: Nominations open
WORK DEATH: Renewed push for national and international stevedoring safety code as waterside workers mourn lost comrade
INDUSTRY SHAKEUP: Corrigan back, with new entrant on the Bass Strait SeaRoad
YOUR SAY: letters from the ports and ships
HERITAGE LISTED: Labor and maritime heritage honoured along Sydney’s Hungry Mile
- Oct-Nov 2006
- Special MUA Council, ITF Congress issue
- Aug-Sep 2006
- The Stolt Stand, putting shipping on the political map and media radar; MUA calls for national safety code: special 8 page report on OH&S on the wharves and ships; Protest Howards' IR laws: maritime workers take to the streets once again; Vale Alyn Allport
- Apr-May 2006
- UNION SUPER: how the workers' funds came to be tops MASS SACKINGS: May Day prelude to June 28
mass rally & national week of action against Howards IR laws BOUNTY HUNT: Multinational moves to dump MUA crew for non union labour on individual contracts putting safety at risk; COURT CHALLENGE: Maritime unions challenge the Howard government’s IR laws, in defence of exploited seafarers on our coast and Australian jobs; LOGGING ON: International Longshore and Warehouse Union’s 33rd International Convention, Vancouver, British Columbia, resolves to fully support the MUA and the Australian trade union movement’s campaign to remove the Howard Government and its anti-union legislation; BOOMERANG: Australian shipping makes a comeback WATERRONT:Industry shakeup changes the face of the Australian waterfront as Toll takes over Patrick and DP World buys out P&O worldwide; BODO: Bill Bodenham was renowned as a fighter for workers’ rights, a great seaman, a great socialist and a great leader
- Feb-Mar 2006
- MUA at the frontline of Europe’s industrial battlegrounds; WORLD STAGE: MUA plays lead role in historic Bill of Rights for worlds’ seafarers ; IR count down: EBAs locked in before Black Monday as unions gear up for battle of their lives ; GOING HOME: ITF wins $1m payout for stranded seafarers; Tributes flood in for fallen comrade Bill Bodenham ; Black Monday, out of court settlement for victims of state terrorism in the US; Fore and Aft, book by Tas Bull, Shipshape, Port of Call, letters and obits, We're in the Union: Colts, almost all wharfie team kicks a goal
- Dec-Jan 2006
- Maritime workers join a half million Australians rallying against the Howard IR regime. Dictating the Job, No choice and Never forget 1998, full reports on how the laws will affect maritime workers; BOEING BLUES: The sign of things to come? Workers refused the right to ditch individual contracts and bargain collectively: GAS BOOM: Battle for workers to get a share of multi-billion dollar LNG exports; COUNCIL COMMEMORATES INTERNATIONALISM: London dockers join regional maritime leaders in MUA council chambers; DOUBLE LOSS: Newcastle and the MUA suffer a double blow with the loss of two union greats - John Brennan & Bill Bodenham, letters, industrial and port news
- Sep-Oct 2005
- COVER STORY: Manual Twistlocks: Time’s Up! Sydney campaign to convert ships to new technology a winner. National Conference campaign gains momentum, The NZ model: why Howards IR reforms will hurt workers; DATE WITH DESTINY: Union battles offshore abalone factory; Floating Bombs: Labor joins MUA call for tougher restrictions on ammonium nitrate shipments; TOP GONG: Seafarer wins national award for contribution to workers’ culture, Cyclone the story of a ship and 39 Australian seafarers who fought to save her from the fury of a tropical cyclone back in 1955. Here’s to you, comradeFriends raise their glasses in a last toast to John Brennan, 50 years a seafarer and just on 40 years a union leader; Letters, obituaries, notices, We're in the union and more
- Jul-Aug 2005
- COVER STORY: Workers around the Pacific Rim unite behind MUA; COUNCIL: MUA braces for the IR battles ahead, while forging international ties; STREETWISE: Workers take to the streets and the airwaves in defence of workers’ rights; SALVADOR: MUA joins international mission to uncover corporate malpractice in South America; TEEKAY: Training & career paths are back on the agenda, GLOBAL STRIKE: film tour commemorates the biggest maritime battle of the 20th century; PORT OF STEEL: Port Kembla branch celebrates its history and its future
- May-Jun 2005
- COVER STORY: Union campaign to save the Spirit III a winner ; MAY DAY MAY DAY: MUA members mobilise in record numbers in defence of workers’ rights; ITF TO THE RESCUE: Exploited crew call for help as FoC Captain cries terrorism; BORDER ALARM: New report highlights holes in maritime security; MUA IDOLS: And the winners are.... ; MUA WOMEN: Karen Leavy appointed Jnt National Women’s Liaison Officer. BILL ANDERSEN: A tribute
- Mar-Apr 2005
- SUPER BONANZA: big gains for MUA waterside workers as multi million surplus divided up; Tsunami: Australian seafarer rides wave of death; Cannabis Controversy: MUA drug & alcohol policy on the table; Sacked for the love or his union & the love of his life: Union helps Captain Cook, Sydney Harbour worker win justice; The Last Seafarer: a book written by a seafarer, about seafarers, for seafarers & everyone else who likes a good read PLUS all the regular features, industrial rounds, mail & vale
- Jan-Feb 2005
- Australian shipping sails into rough seas as government prepares to axe cabotage, MUA does away with casual labour at all Patrick terminals under new EBA , Stopwork meetings of members nationwide unanimously endorse Council reports and resolutions, Join the MUA film group and win a trip to LA, World Maritime Day and regular features including mail and obituaries
- Sep-Oct 2004
- The "Let's Give John Howard the Flick" special election issue of MWJ. Why this union is out to oust the Howard Government, Unions hit the marginals & We ask the experts - working families - to give their judgement on health and education, work and family.
- Jul-Aug 2004
- Cover story - MARITIME TERROR: How our ports are open to infiltration and the battle to stop the war on terrorism becoming a war on workers; ALSO Death Sentence: Adelaide wharfie Stewart Harrity one of more than 300 maritime workers hit by asbestos disease as another killer company put on trial; NEAR MISS Freo wharfies live to tell the tale of the crane of shame; MUA GOLD: Sydney port worker takes out track titles back home.
- May-Jun 2004
- HIGH SPIRITS: everyone who works on board loves the Spirit III, but more passengers and shippers must also be charmed by the Spirit if its Sydney sojourn is to become something more than just a splendid affair; LATHAM'S LABOR: What Opposition leader Mark Latham has pledged for maritime workers; INDUSTRIAL ROUNDS: MUA and Patrick talk straddles, a truce with CSL, but trouble with Newcastle Coal co; SECURITY CONCERNS: Union ensures the war against terrorism is not subverted into a war against workers as July 1 deadline for implementation of the Maritime Security Act looms
- Mar-Apr 2004
- Special National Delegates' Conference issue: Full report on national conference: Labor leader Mark Latham joins international labour leaders from Europe, the US and the Asia Pacific; The 7 BIG ISSUES: delegates tackle job security, working conditions, how to grow the union, campaigns, organising, finance and rules; Is your workplace safe? Conference votes for job safety, WOMEN & THE MUA: Women from the ships, ports and wharves take to the streets on International Women’s Day AND a complete list of conference RESOLUTIONS to go to April stop work meetings
- Jan-Feb 2004
- Working on the edge: MUA to launch nationwide campaign to outlaw manual twistlocks; Ship Shock: Trade Blowout leads to crew & ship shortage & Union/Employer Hostilities on hold; Contract Blues Hit Sydney & Brisbane Wharves; Diving Disasters: MUA to Take on Corporate Sharks Preying on Underwater Workers; Cultural Revolution
- Spring 2003
- MUA Seafarers Make Maritime History with a 4,000 kilometres pursuit of poachers through iceberg alley, 20 metre swells & gale force winds; Court Victory: FoC ships on coastal trade now come under Australian law; Fighting Films, new movies & old, crime thriller, street drama and song inspired by work on the waterfront; Patrick, Permanency, Drugs, SuperSailors & Straddles ; Industry Alarm over maritime security program; Career & Kids: ACTU joins the juggling act; World Maritime Day: commemorating our working harbour & coastal shipping heyday
- Winter 2003
- COVER STORY:Things are booming offshore & the MUA is making sure workers, including Timorese workers are getting a fair go; UNION BALLOT: Your new team & a full election report by the national returning officer;PICKET VICTORY: How Sydney maritime workers helped save the day for battling process workers locked out the gates 16 weeks. But not without a fight;TRIBUTE TO TAS BULL: Letters came in from around the world as unionists walked the Hungry Mile in honour of labour leader Tas Bull. MUA STRENGTHENS PAN PACIFIC TIES: Two MUA delegations attend ILWU conventions and celebrations in the States.
- Autumn 2003
- Maritime workers join millions worldwide protesting US invasion of Iraq
UNION BALLOT: Nominations close - 7 unopposed, 21 seats contested. Voting opens April 14. Full details on election procedures, timeline, security and candidates profiles
PORTS OF CONVENIENCE: Dock workers battle to stop ship owners taking over world ports
Tribute & tragedy: Workmates rally around members who lost loved ones in Bali bombing
Plus shipping news, women on the march, letters and obituaries
- January 2003
- P&O eba celebrates mateship at its best; Spain's Chernybol: FoC tanker disaster pollutes 183 beaches, union elections
- October 2002
- COVER STORY: MUA calls in friends from near and far to celebrate a centenary of unionism & more
SHIPPING WARS: Battle to save Australian fleet now being fought out on all fronts
COUNCIL: Full report on union finances, members dues & upcoming elections
FLYING THE FLAG: A delegation of Australian waterside workers raise the flag on the US West Coast as union busting reaches new heights
- July 2002
- COVER STORY: Yarra crew win battle for the hearts & minds of the Australian people as CSL saga continues - a day by day account of the sit-in at Port Pirie; P&O: EBA talks in full swing, with union putting job security up front,BLACK BEAT: Port Botany wharfie joins celebration of Afro-American labour & music; ROBOTIC STRADDLES: Is Patrick’s new Brisbane terminal set to be the scene for the latest labour lockout or just more cushy jobs? UNION CENTENARY: Preparations under way for the union birthday bash; plus all regular features - Industrial rounds featuring upcoming US wharf strike, News briefs and the latest bloody death on board a Ship of Shame in Port Kembla, letters of congratulations from far and wide on the outcome of the Yarra stand, obituaries and notices
- April 2002
- WORKERS' CAUCUS: P&O delegates from around Australia conference in Sydney; COASTAL CAMPAIGN: Battle to save Australian shipping centres on the CSL Yarra; STRADDLES, STRESS & SLEEP DEPRIVATION: Just three of the killers on the job featured in a special 10 page safety roundup
- December 2001
- The December 2001 issue of the Maritime Workers Journal.
- September 2001
- September Issue
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