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DP World Australia has reached an in-principle workplace agreement with the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) for its Sydney Terminal in Port Botany.<\/p>\n
The three-year agreement stipulates a wage increase for the workers, who will refrain from protected industrial action during the contract duration to ensure the supply chain remains undisrupted.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m pleased we have reached an in-principle agreement at\u00a0DP\u00a0World\u00a0Sydney that provides a wage increase for our employees as well as enabling productivity improvements which enhance our service levels,” <\/em>Chief Operating Officer at DP World Australia, Terminals, Andrew Adam<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n The port operator added that the planned industrial action had been withdrawn at all\u00a0DP\u00a0World\u2019s terminals in Brisbane, Fremantle and Melbourne.<\/p>\n The act is seen as a sign of good faith as the two sides continue talks on in-principle agreements at\u00a0DP\u00a0World\u2019s remaining terminals and progress a complete enterprise agreement.<\/p>\n Shipping Australia CEO Rod Nairn<\/strong> welcomed the news that industrial action could be coming to an end at DP World\u2019s terminals.<\/p>\n \u201cRespite from disruption will give the industry a chance to start working on the backlog of containers \u2013 particularly empty boxes \u2013 that are causing severe congestion in the major container ports.\u00a0 But it will take a while for ships\u2019 schedules to return to normal. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe hope that withdrawal of industrial action across part of the waterfront has not come so late that the forecast bumper exports of agricultural-produce will be adversely affected,\u201d <\/em>he added.<\/p>\n The union has also decided to voluntarily withdraw all planned industrial action at Patrick Terminals in Sydney, Melbourne Brisbane, and Fremantle, ahead of a hearing before the Fair Work Commission scheduled for late October. <\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n A new hearing is set to take place because the two sides failed to reach a deal on a new workplace deal after a two-day conciliatory hearing before the FWC at the beginning of this week.<\/p>\n The union has proposed to maintain the same workplace terms and conditions for the next two years and a pay increase, however, the terminal operator was not on board with the proposed increase.<\/p>\n Patrick Terminals estimates that there are more than 100 thousand containers caught up in the industrial dispute across its terminals. <\/p>\n In addition, the company released\u00a0a list of 38 ships<\/a>\u00a0being held up around Australia and en route from Asia. <\/p>\n Patric Terminals CEO\u00a0Michael Jovicic <\/strong>said the company will avail of the industrial action stoppage to clear the backlog at its terminals, which is estimated to take between two and three months.<\/p>\n The industrial action has been criticized by the Australian government authorities, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison<\/strong>\u00a0even threatened to send troops to break the port workers\u2019 industrial action. <\/p>\n The Prime Minister said work stoppages were causing massive delays in the delivery of goods at a time when food and medicine supply was critical given the ongoing pandemic.<\/p>\n The International Transport Workers\u2019 Federation (ITF) intervened in the dispute, saying the collective bargaining for a fair industrial agreement was a human right. <\/p>\n The post DP World, union agree on 3-year workplace deal for Sydney terminal<\/a> appeared first on Offshore Energy<\/a>.<\/p>\n world maritime news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" DP World Australia has reached an in-principle workplace agreement with the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) for its Sydney Terminal in Port Botany. 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