Protected Industrial Action Update
Stockwell International has received updates in regards to Nationwide strikes. As reported yesterdayThe Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) had announced an “aggressive” round of upcoming nationwide strikes at Patrick terminals.
Today we have received an update from The Maritime Union of Australia has issued 40 notices of industrial action for Patrick’s Melbourne terminal. They include 12 hours of work stoppages every Monday, Wednesday and Friday throughout October.
Patrick said in a notice to customers that the Melbourne terminal would be impacted by significant delays due to the industrial action. Patrick said it is attempting to support other stevedores with restricted operations due to COVID-19 outbreaks. Last week Victoria International Container Terminal shut down twice after cases of COVID-19 were detected in the workforce.
The union has also announced work stoppages at Port Botany. Union workers will down-tools for a total of 48 hours over Saturday and Sunday 2 and 3 October. Patrick said these stoppages would extend delays at the terminal to up to two days.
At Fremantle, the union undertook a similar work-stoppage this past weekend, commencing at 2300 on Friday 24 September. Also at Fremantle, the union issued a ban on the performance of work on the vesselSwan River Bridge on Saturday and Sunday 18 and 19 September. This followed a 24-hour work stoppage on Friday 10 September at the WA port.
Patrick CEO Michael Jovicic said the MUA is clearly embarking on a “major pre-Christmas industrial campaignâ€.
“For more than a year, we have been dealing with overtime and other bans at ports around the country. Last week they announced strike action at Port Botany commencing next Friday,†he said.
“Then late on Friday, the MUA hit Patrick with forty notices of industrial action in Melbourne in addition to industrial action and stoppages at our other terminals in Sydney, Fremantle and Brisbane. This means there will be continuous rolling industrial action in Patrick Terminal’s Melbourne container terminal with strikes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday of October and impacts across all other days of the month.â€
Stockwell International will keep you up to date as information becomes available. For concerns please call your sales representative on 1300 786 768 or [email protected]
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Closed October 1-7, and back to work on October 8.
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Closed October 1, and back to work on October 4.
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Protected Industrial Action Update
Stockwell International has received updates in regards to Nationwide strikes. As reported yesterdayThe Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) had announced an “aggressive” round of upcoming nationwide strikes at Patrick terminals.
Today we have received an update from The Maritime Union of Australia has issued 40 notices of industrial action for Patrick’s Melbourne terminal. They include 12 hours of work stoppages every Monday, Wednesday and Friday throughout October.
