[Imc-aotearoa-ed] Proposed feature : BLUFF PICKETS

[Yuda]

Some background from 2001 can be found on thrall at:

http://free.freespeech.org/thrall/19waterfront.html

http://free.freespeech.org/thrall/18waterfront.html

http://free.freespeech.org/thrall/17waterfront.html

http://free.freespeech.org/thrall/17picket.html

http://free.freespeech.org/thrall/1750.html

Hope thy help feel free to use any pics etc,

K.
 --- mr sterile <mr.sterile at paradise.net.nz> wrote: >
<A HREF=http://www.southport.co.nz/>South Port</a>,
> and Mainland Stevedores in Bluff, as well as other
> South Island ports, are the focus of pickets because
> they represent the worst and most aggressive
> industrial tactics of the waterfront employers in
> New Zealand. 
> 
>  
> 
> <A
>
HREF=http://www.indymedia.org.nz/front.php3?article_id=9294&group=webcast>Industrial
> action is said to increase</a> at the port of Bluff
> during this 48 hour Picket.
> 
>  
> 
> The Maritime Union says the heart of the issue is
> decent wages, working conditions and a sustainable
> industry, all of which are being put under threat by
> rogue operators such as Mainland.
> 
>  
> 
> Support for the picket has also been offer from the 
> 
> <A
>
HREF="http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0307/S00082.htm">Rail
> and Maritime Transport Union</a>(RTMU), and the <A
> HREF=http://www.nzctu.org.nz/news/176.html>CTU</a>.
> 
> 
> 
> Mainland Stevedores have cotinually been the focus
> of industrial action<A
>
HREF="http://www.labournet.net/docks2/0011/nzbluff2.htm">1</a>,<A
>
HREF="http://www.themilitant.com/2001/6507/650710.html">2</a>,<A
>
HREF="http://www.converge.org.nz/watchdog/96/4thefi.htm">3</a>.
> 
>  
> 
> RTMU say their members at the Bluff port are
> employed under a casual contract. They are paid
> $9.92 an hour and haven't had a pay rise for 11
> years.
> 
>  
> 
> Discussion Space:
> 
>  
> 
> LINKS: <A HREF=http://www.munz.org.nz>The Maritime
> Union of New Zealand</a>
> 
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