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Urgent action needed in Yr of the Seafarer
9 Mar 2010 As the Minister for Transport officially launched the International Year of the Seafarer today, the head of the Maritime Union of Australia warned that the country would pay dearly if it not take urgent measures to revitalise the Australia shipping industry - the main employer of merchant seafarers.
Minister launches The Year of the Seafarer
9 Mar 2010 "The world's 1.5 million merchant seafarers are responsible for transporting more than 90 per cent of the products and produce traded globally, a job that involves long periods of separation from family and friends as well as the risks posed by pirates and the weather" - Minister for Transport Anthony ...
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3 Mar 2010 Minister again commits to revitalisation of Australian shipping
3 Mar 2010 The International Transport Workers' Federation's Offshore Task Force met in Mumbai on February 22nd to 24th. Among them was MUA Deputy National Secretary Mick Doleman and the group pledged its solidarity with workers suffering violence from contractors.
2 Mar 2010 ACT NOW: Email Danish oil rig firm discriminating against Aussie union members
1 Mar 2010 ITF taskforce and Indian dock workers hold a minutes silence for Australian waterside worker killed on the Brisbane wharves
27 Feb 2010 At a conference in Sydney yesterday the MUA said that establishing innovation councils for the offshore oil and gas sectors and the transport and logistics sector may be the smart way forward in planning the workforce for major future transport ...
Workmates honour waterside worker killed in job accident with one minutes silence26 Feb 2010 Workers on wharves across Australia will observe a minutes silence at 12 noon today (Friday February 26) in a mark of respect for Brad Gray who died in a workplace accident in Brisbane.
21 Feb 2010 The Dublin Port dispute has been resolved by negotiation, the parties involved announced today.
21 Feb 2010 As the family of dock worker Brad Gray mourn, co-workers and the Maritime Union of Australia are demanding overdue action to prevent a repeat of the fatality
Paddy Crumlin, National Secretary, MUA19 Feb 2010 The National Secretary wrote to the following letter of condolence to the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union on hearing of the death of labour great Jock Ferguson
19 Feb 2010 The constant and repetitive liturgy of lies and distortions from the Australian Mines and Metals Association against seafarers in the offshore industry marks a low point in public debate unequalled since some of the Howard–driven media support for the Patrick ...