Notification of protected industrial action

10 Sep 2021 / Queensland, Australia

Svitzer Australia has received a notification of protected industrial action from the Maritime Union of Australia for the ports of Brisbane and Far North Queensland - Cairns, Lucinda and Mourilyan.

The planned industrial action planned involves members of the MUA employed by Svitzer Australia and will take the form of the following bans and work stoppages:

Brisbane

  • 4-hour work stoppage from 7:00am on Monday 13 September.
  • Ban on the performance of any work from 10 hours after the shift commencement time, commencing from 12:01am on Tuesday 14 September until 11:59pm on Thursday 30 September.

Cairns, Mourilyan & Lucinda

  • Daily 4-hour work stoppages 10:00am-2:00pm, from Monday 13 September through to Friday 17 September.

Svitzer advises that the industrial action may impact operations, but they are doing all they can to minimise disruption including adjusting schedules and taking on additional costs.

For information about operations in Australia, contact GAC Australia at [email protected]

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