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Appeal to Reason #5, April 2012

April 29, 2012

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Click here to download whole bulletin as pdf. Snakes & ladders – DP World Sydney EBA report It just wouldn’t be a DP World Sydney EBA without some substantial condition being traded off. The 2011 DP World Sydney EBA – finalised just last month – was no exception. Of course, it wasn’t all bad. The […]

Appeal to Reason #4, March 2012

March 6, 2012

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Appeal to Reason # 3, November 2011

November 22, 2011

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Appeal to Reason # 2, October 2011

October 3, 2011

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Patrick blames the workers; Second registry; No room for Craig Thomson; Egyptian waterside workers defeat DP World; Don’t let offshore be converted to non-union labour; workers block scab trains; automation. Click here to download pdf.

The “second registry” plan

September 18, 2011

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The Australian Second Registry for ships will deliver very few, if any jobs to MUA members.

Power is more important than principle in today’s ALP and sections of the unions

September 18, 2011

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Over the last few months, we have watched the disgraceful actions of the MHR for Dobell, Craig Thomson, unfold before us.

An Appeal to Reason: where is the MUA going?

August 18, 2011

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By Bob Carnegie. Click here to download this as pdf. The Maritime Union of Australia is a a union of immense potential power, organising the workforce in the ports through which the economic lifeblood of Australia flows. Merchandise trade runs at 38% of GDP in Australia, as of 2010, up from 25% in 1968, and […]

The union is the members. The job of officials is to serve and inform.

April 25, 2011

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Click here to download this as pdf. If elected branch secretary, I will ensure that: • The branch employs a lawyer who will give members rapid and reliable service on issues of compensation, occupational health and safety, and workplace grievances such as written warnings. • The branch employs an organiser in Gladstone. • Any member […]

A reply to slurs

March 9, 2011

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OPEN LETTER TO ALL MUA MEMBERS

Building confidence and a more powerful delegate structure

February 25, 2011

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This leaflet is about a critical issue — the important role that good, effective, principled delegates will play in the rebuilding of the Queensland Branch of the MUA.