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Maritime Union of Australia members working on tug boats on the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay expect to be busy for at least the next week with flood clean up operations.

The farce of waterfront safety continues with several incidents over the last couple of weeks.

The POAGs EBA negotiating team move a resolution of support to the Patrick members engaged in their own EBA campaign to achieve safety, permanency and decent conditions at work.

The Maritime Mining and Power Credit Union will stand by its members who have been affected by the severe flooding in QLD and NSW.

Maritime Union of Australia workers at Patrick's Webb Dock in Melbourne will extend a 48 hour stoppage, which began at 12.01am this morning, to 72 hours after the latest round of EBA negations with

The Maritime Union of Australia has set up an Australian Flood Appeal Fund. Members and friends of our union are encouraged to donate by way of personal donations, workplace collections

Floods forced Brisbane port to close to commercial maritime traffic last night, Lloyds List, DCN reports.

Union calls for crane safety audit after yesterdays crane crash in Darwin.

UP to 50 Geelong wharfies staged a 24-hour strike yesterday as part of an industrial campaign for more permanency and safer working conditions, the Geelong Advertiser reports

Safety, first aid procedure and training were again put under the spotlight recently when two Melbourne waterside workers narrowly escaped serious injury or death at East Swanson Dock, Melbourne