Tug Operators Plan Strike at Port Hedland
we are conscious that they are the users of the port and would be affected," Byrne said. "Having said that, we are always open to negotiation." Teekay has been in negotiations over the past 17 months with the AIMPE as well as the Australian Maritime Officers Union (AMOU) and Maritime Union of Australia (MUA). Teekay said it was "surprised and disappointed" the AIMPE had decided in favour of industrial action at a time when the AMOU and MUA had endorsed new enterprise agreements with substantially the same terms for their members. Fortescue Chief Executive Nev Power said
Australian Senate Rejects Offshore Foreign Worker Visa Plan
All maritime unions – the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), The Australian Maritime Officers Union (AMOU) and Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers (AIMPE) – opposed the Abbott Government’s attempts to flood the offshore oil and gas sector with cheap foreign labour, says the Maritime Union of Australia. They consider that the Australian Parliament has made the right decision in disallowing this proposal. The Senate voted to disallow the Federal Government from continuing to issue Maritime Crew (subclass 988) visas to foreign workers for the purposes of working
