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At the Qld Branch Monthly Meeting held on Tuesday 27th January the follow

A Flag-Of-Convenience (FOC) ship has been detained by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority in Newcastle for endangering its crew’s lives today.

· Honest, Australian jobs should not be replaced with exploited $2/hour workers
· Australia’s fuel security and natural environment should not be put at risk 

By Angela MacDonald-Smith, Australian Financial Review

Today, casual workers can celebrate after a court has reinforced that non-permanent employees could be entitled to long service leave.

This letter to the editor was submitted today, January 21, 2015. Whether or not the Australian will publish the letter is yet to be determined. 

The Maritime Union of Australia and the International Transport Workers’ Federation have been made aware of a scam targeting people with promises of cruise ship jobs and asking for money to secure

The Abbott government has sent a clear message it intends to put the interests of the big banks ahead of working Australians by attacking industry super funds - the best performing area of the supe

Location: Matraville

The Maritime Union of Australia is concerned about what the future holds for 140 workers at Toll Perkins should the marine logistics company be sold to Queensland-based Seaswift.