Maritime workers support student campaign
The Maritime Union is supporting the Save Our Services campaign by New Zealand students to stop voluntary student membership (VSM) of student associations.
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The Maritime Union is supporting the Save Our Services campaign by New Zealand students to stop voluntary student membership (VSM) of student associations.
Read MoreThe Maritime Union of New Zealand is backing teachers demanding the new national standards for schools experiment be trialled.
Read MoreFour Seafarers Scholarships are available for MUNZ seafarer members, and children or grandchildren of New Zealand seafarers, for study in 2010 at University or technical institutes.
Details and application information for the scholarships is available here.
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The Maritime Union of New Zealand says that actions of Social Development Minister Paula Bennett and her office in releasing private information of New Zealand citizens is an attack of freedom of speech.
Maritime Union spokesperson Victor Billot says the deliberate release of the incomes of two solo mothers to the media was a sinister attempt to bully people into submission.
The two women had criticized cuts to training allowances that would make it more difficult for them to study and improve their qualifications.
“The actions of the Minister and her office are not about providing information for reasoned debate, it is clearly a tactic to frighten and bully anyone who stands up and has an opinion.”
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