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Employment Minister Eric Abetz should remove his ideological blinkers and stand up for the Australian shipping sector rather than meekly accepting a decision by Caltex to sack 36 Australian workers

The union has been in dialogue since early this year with Caltex since the company removed the Hugli Spirit tanker from the coast.

Meet former Tasmanian maritime worker Karl Williams who – similar to the workers in the Alexander Spirit – also lost his job to foreign workers and is now allegedly the subject of legal action by t

An appeal lodged by the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) against a Fair Work Commission decision involving an oil tanker in Tasmania will be heard on Friday.

With Caltex cutting adrift its workers in Devonport, the Greens condemn the Abbott government’s plans for further deregulation of the local shipping industry.

The decision on Teekay Shipping (Australia) Pty Ltd V Maritime Union of Australia was handed down by Commissioner Cambridge in Sydney of July 7.

Below is the transcript of Shadow Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese's interview with Fran Kelly on Radio National:

Labor calls on the Abbott Government to come up with a real plan for jobs after major Australian oil company Caltex confirmed it will replace the 36 Australian crew members of the Alexander Spirit