Mermaid Sound
By Maritime Union of Australia
A new enterprise agreement has been finalised with Riverwisj labour
supply contractor Waldon & Associates which includes a provision
for a workplace representative for job interviews - Sean Regan.
Ten positions were advertised with the former workforce first
up in the interviews. But only five of these MUA members secured
jobs.
Assistant National Secretary Mick Doleman and WA Deputy Branch
Secretary Wally Pritchard have held discussions with members who
have been unsuccessful in their job applications.
The matter went to arbitration, with both legal counsel and Arbitrator
Michael Keogh interviewing Sean Regan about the selection process.
But only one of the new applicants failed to meet minimum requirements.
All successful applicants are MUA members and King Bay is retained
as a union port. The new tug work force have voted unanimously
to pay union dues, contribute to and build a rolling fund.
Meanwhile, there will be no changes to the ownership and operation
of the tugs in King Bay.
AOS
With AOS taking over Mermaid Sound, agreement has been reached
that employees wanting jobs with AOS would sacrifice 50 per cent
of their redundancy to finance voluntary redundancies for AOS
employees.
The interview panel included an MUA representative.
MSPMS vessels have slowly been handed over to AOS with the last
vessel, the Supporter, transferring over in August.
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