Mermaid Sound

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.