Stevedoring down under – where some playing fields are less level than others
Either way, Mr and Ms Consumer lose
Last week Hutchison Ports Holdings announced the redundancies of scores of dockworkers in Brisbane and Sydney. While the may well be within its rights to make the move, the way in which it was done – via a midnight text message – appears to have misjudged public sentiment in Australia, according to this Sydney Morning Herald columnist. The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), which made global headlines in the late 1990s during its surprisingly vicious dispute with Patrick Stevedores, has ...
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