The Maritime Union of New Zealand has corrected misleading information from the CEO of Ports of Auckland Limited (POAL) on the current industrial dispute.
POAL chief executive Tony Gibson was quoted in the New Zealand Herald today saying no official response for further negotiations in the current industrial dispute had been received from the Maritime Union.
In response, Maritime Union National President Garry Parsloe has released a letter sent by the Maritime Union last week (27 January 2012) to Mr Gibson, that clearly shows this is not the case.
Mr Parsloe says too much time was being taken up in the dispute by dealing with material that was intended to confuse and obscure the basic issues of the dispute – the right of workers to secure jobs and decent conditions.
“We’d prefer the energy to be spent on negotiations, rather than having to continually rebut this rubbish that is being spread in the public domain by POAL management.”