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The Maritime Union of Australia strongly supports the call by Independent MLA Gerry Wood for an inquiry into the running of the Darwin Port Corporation.

Wharves stop nationwide as waterside workers remember their dead.

MUA responds to Police Task Force.

Unions file complaint with US govt as attack on workers and unions continues in Costa Rica under free trade agreement

Alongside the spate of deaths on the Australian waterfront, are the maimed.

A local Devonport chaplain writes to management on hearing of the companies decision to penalise workers for attending Friday's memorial service for Steve Piper and fallen comrades

Better known as Labor Rat, Billy Hughes' little known contribution to Australian shipping is now the setting of a new book by retired seafarer and writer Wayne Ward - 28Men.

Armed pirates board Cape Cosmos bulker off Malaysia, but flee when duty officer sounds the alarm.

NSW Premier Kristina Keneally expressed deep sorrow over the death of wharfie Stephen Piper and expressed her support for urgent safety reforms as thousands, including ACTU president Ged Kearney, M

Workplace safety on Australian waterfronts must be overhauled to stem the mounting death toll among stevedoring workers.