A worker was nearly killed when a container came crashing to the wharf at Appleton Dock, Melbourne after the spreader gave way last night at around 6.20pm
“The situation on the Australian waterfront is in dire need of change” - so begins the 20-page report "Qualification and Automation International Study: Toward Best Practice in Occupational Health
"(Strike) is the last card in the pack. You know and these guys have been hanging on to the breath for a resolution for nine months and they're asphyxiated." - Paddy Crumlin, ABC Radio AM
MUA workers on several of Patrick bulk and general cargo facilities have declared enough is enough: they will risk their lives and livelihood no more without a clear commitment to safety from manag
President of the International Transport Workers' Federation and National Secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia, Paddy Crumlin, today assured members that the sale of a majority stake in DP