Workers at Newcastle’s NCIG coal terminal will rally tomorrow at 12:30pm (Tuesday 29 September) in frustration with coal terminal bosses who refuse to meet the reasonable and fair demands of their workforce. Workers at NCIG have patiently engaged in good faith bargaining, but NCIG is using every tired excuse available and crying poor to justify…
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MUA condemns Transdev Decision to shut down Sydney Ferries’ public transport services along the Parramatta River
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The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has condemned a decision by Transdev and Transport for NSW (TfNSW) to shut down Sydney Ferries’ public transport services along the Parramatta River this weekend in retaliation for the union’s fare-free ferries industrial action. Ferry workers will continue to turn up for work and be paid, ready to provide…
MUA Confirms Sydney Ferries Workers Industrial Action
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Sydney Ferries workers have confirmed their industrial action will proceed from tomorrow, with Opal card readers to be switched off and turnstiles left wide open across the Sydney Ferries network from Friday 11 September until Tuesday 6 October. “I offer to personally welcome any doubters from TfNSW or Transdev aboard one of Sydney Ferries’ iconic…
Sydney ferry workers escalate action against foreign-owned Transdev
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Sydney Ferries workers are escalating their industrial campaign against Transdev, the foreign-owned multinational private operator running Sydney Ferries services, with Opal card readers to be switched off across the network for almost four weeks. As part of ongoing industrial action, members of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) will switch off Opal card readers from…
MUA Rejects RiverCity Ferries Olive Branch
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Today, at a tele-meeting called by the MUA’s Queensland Branch and National Office, the Union sought to re-engage in good faith negotiations with Graeme Legh, the CEO of RiverCity Ferries, to try to advance a consensus before the weekend’s Riverfire event. Industrial action has been occurring for some time, and RiverCity Ferries has had ample…
Brisbane ferry industrial action on Saturday 5 September
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Brisbane ferry workers will take 24-hour protected industrial action on Saturday 5 September, coinciding with Riverfire, after RiverCity Ferries refused to properly negotiate and instead moved to put a union-rejected Enterprise Agreement to a workforce vote. Members of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and Australian Maritime Officers Union (AMOU) have given RiverCity Ferries (RCF)…
Brisbane ferry workers have taken a 24-hour Strike
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Brisbane ferry workers have taken 24-hour protected industrial action after RiverCity Ferries refused to properly negotiate over wages, fatigue, meal breaks and basic workplace conditions. Members of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and Australian Maritime Officers Union (AMOU) took 24-hour protected industrial action on Thursday 27 August, with further industrial action to follow. The…