Up until recently the MUA members on board were worried about their future in as much as the blue water fleet crewed by Australians on our coast was disappearing at an alarming rate .
Unions have joined industry in welcoming the return of Anthony Albanese as Transport Minister in what is regarded as Government commitment to implement the ship policy announced during the election
The International Transport Workers Federation has thrown its weight behind 10,000 London underground Tube workers who voted for rolling stoppages, this week, as a last resort to the Mayor's decisi