Union’s employers blamed for idle ports
Port employers are being facetious to suggest that inter-union strife is to blame for the continued paralysis of New Zealand ports, says the secretary of the Lyttelton Harbour Workers’ Union, Mr Paul Corliss.
He said last evening that the harbour workers and the watersiders had agreed on several possible solutions to the dispute, but these had been rejected by the employers. There was already a composite agreement covering the container terminals and there was no reason why work could not continue while further discussions were held.
"I am quite sure that the local ports are very interested in finding a solution, but it’s a national issue," Mr Corliss said. The employers’ advocate, Mr John Button, said the reason for the continuing dispute was“simply that the Harbour Workers’ Union and the Waterside Workers’ Union cannot agree on a basic manning issue.”
He said that if the unions could agree on work conditions that would apply for the terminals, then the waterfront would be working again immediately.
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Press, 6 October 1989, Page 6
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