Maritime Union welcomes new port stakeholder
group
16 February 2012
The Maritime Union has
welcomed the announcement of a new port stakeholder group in
Auckland today calling for a new approach to port management
in the city.
The group takes in diverse community
interests including business, workers and recreational users
of the port.
Maritime Union National President Garry
Parsloe says the initiative is a positive response to the
concerns of many Aucklanders around issues like investment
and growth of the port, and environmental and labour
concerns.
"Debate is needed on the direction the port is
going and it is important Aucklanders are having a say on
their own asset."
The Maritime Union agreed there needed
to be a "triple bottom line" approach to running the port
that included the social responsibility of the port to its
employees, recognizing that casualization of the workforce
was a negative
approach.
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