RadioLabour Solidarity News March 28, 2012
In New Zealand locked out workers at the port of Auckland have won a victory in the courts as they try to re-start collective bargaining.
The 200 workers ended a four-week strike last Friday, March 23, when the company agreed to cancel its plans to fire all the workers. But when they tried to return to work the company locked them out. The workers have been fighting the company's attempt to contract out work to non-union workers.
A court has ruled that the workers must be paid back-pay and cannot advertize for contract workers until another hearing is held in May.
A ruling on the legality of the continuing lock-out is expected this Friday. Support for the port workers has been organized by the International Transport Workers Federation - the ITF.
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