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Better rights for casual and contract workers, a much larger investment in Australia's workforce and an overhaul of our welfare system will be the building blocks of reforms to undo the damage caus

Dave Oliver has been elected as the new ACTU Secretary at the union movement's Congress in Sydney today.

Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) National Secretary Paddy Crumlin has today told a Senate inquiry that the government's proposed Revitalising Australian Shipping legislation can save the Australia

[First published on Crikey 10th May 2012]

Seafarers aboard the ship of shame MCP Kopenhagen return to Newcastle port today, secure in the knowledge that the Greek shipowners have signed an International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF)

[First published in the Courier Mail

Maritime Union of Australia National Secretary Paddy Crumlin has welcomed the $1 billion committed to Australia's first National Disability Insurance Scheme in last night's Federal Budget.

Seafarers and unions are celebrating after the Greek shipowners of the MCP Kopenhagen signed an International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) agreement late last week.

The Maritime Union of Australia was well represented this month in Norway with the youth committee delegation taking the initiative and organising a rally with the Norwegian Seafarers' Union demons

There have been some positive developments in the ongoing campaign to achieve a new code of practice for the stevedoring safety.