Representatives of the Dubai-based company warned recent multi-employer bargaining reforms would drag other stevedores into widespread strikes.
Tim Pallas’ intervention comes as federal Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke refuses to get involved in stevedore giant DP World’s pay dispute with wharfies.
Industrial Relations Minister Tony Burke says people are tired of profitable companies using wages as the scapegoat for soaring prices.
The Victorian treasurer argues in a letter to the workplace minister that the “no less favourable test” in the new IR bill will lead to protracted disputes.
The union has agreed to meet the workplace minister,but unlike DP World,it doesn’t want him to get involved.
Surcharges have been imposed due to the costs incurred as a result of the protected action,which includes bans on loading and unloading ships,the Container Transport Alliance Australia says.
Australia’s states and territories agreed earlier this month to roll out the world’s first ban on engineered stone,which causes silicosis.
Sydney’s Palestinian Christians are putting off Christmas celebrations this year,as many are still mourning the deaths of loved ones in Gaza.
The 48-year-old stonemason became the face of the silicosis scourge affecting Australia’s tradies when his photo appeared in this masthead in February.
Compare action on engineered stone to the speed with which the government rushed through complex legislation to re-detain some of the people released from indefinite detention after last month’s High Court decision.
Builders will be given time beyond the July 1 deadline if they have already signed contracts to use the product linked to the deadly lung disease silicosis.