Burke emboldens MUA, attacks ‘highly profitable’ DP World
The militant Maritime Union of Australia will ramp up its work stoppages in a months-long dispute snarling ports across the country after Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke attacked the company and an executive resisting the wharfies’ demands.
On Friday, the union will ban loading trucks and trains at DP World container terminals in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Fremantle and is threatening to begin periodic eight-hour ship delays from Monday.
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