STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS – STEVEDORES – VICTORIA

Melbourne ports dispute set to escalate

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Original article by Anna Patty
The Age – Page: 24 : 20-Mar-18

Qube Ports wants the Fair Work Commission to terminate an enterprise agreement for dock workers in Melbourne, but the Maritime Union of Australia has warned of further industrial action if Qube succeeds. Workers at Qube’s terminal in Melbourne have staged a 48-hour strike and imposed work bans, and the MUA’s Warren Smith says workers will not return to work if the FWC terminates the enterprise agreement. Qube has rejected the MUA’s push to reinstate a 2014 roster whereby employees worked for seven weeks and had one week off, arguing that it is uneconomic.

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QUBE PORTS, QUBE HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX QUB, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION, MARITIME UNION OF AUSTRALIA, MIRRAT, ACTU

Port operator to sue MUA over illegal picket line

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Original article by David Marin-Guzman
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 9 : 30-Nov-17

Victoria International Container Terminals is planning legal action against the Maritime Union of Australia over what it claims is an illegal picket at Melbourne’s Webb Dock terminal. The picket has been in place since 27 November, and is aimed at pressuring VICT to re-deploy a stevedore who was denied a security clearance that would allow him to work in the dock’s restricted zone. VICT contends the MUA’s action puts at risk business growth in the order of $A100 million.

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VICTORIA INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINALS, MARITIME UNION OF AUSTRALIA, CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA, THE AUSTRALIAN MARITIME OFFICERS’ UNION, CONTAINER TRANSPORT ALLIANCE AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION, DP WORLD AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, PATRICK CORPORATION LIMITED