DP World and the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) have entered a second week of strikes and lockouts at each of the stevedoring company’s four terminals in Australia.
“This is a perfect opportunity for Mr Abbott to confound expectations and stand with Australian workers against a foreign-owned employer trying to remove their penalty rates,” MUA assistant national secretary Warren Smith said.
Meanwhile, DP World has sought intervention from a different source. Its application to the Fair Work Commission for conciliation hearings has been granted, with talks scheduled for the first working week of January.