Read the below report by Alex Brooks, which was written about National Secretary Paddy Crumlin at the time of the union securing the National Shipping Policy on the second day of the Labor
The Maritime Union of Australia has already made its mark on the first day of the Labor Party Conference in backing, moving and speaking on a number of resolutions.
Articles include: Police called at Hutchison's; Alexander Spirit Sails; MUA Member killed at Sea; China Free Trade Agreement; Community Assembly; Delegate 2 Training
The Alexander Spirit was berthed in Devonport for three weeks after the crew discovered it would be replaced with foreign workers upon the ship's arrival in Singapore.
A global campaign against oil operator Chevron has come to New Zealand, with maritime unions saying the company has a bad record of dealing with local communities around the world.
A crowd a couple of hundred strong made the trek out to the Kurnell refinery to tell Caltex that its treatment of the Alexander Spirit crew and the wider working public was unacceptable.
