Suspension of industrial action

21 Feb 2022 / Australia

Australia’s Fair Work Commission has ordered the suspension of a series of 48-hour strikes by Australian Maritime Officers Union (AMOU) members employed tug operator Svitzer Australia.

The following stoppages will now no longer take place:
- Brisbane – 48 hour stoppage commencing 0600 on 22 February 2022
- Brisbane – 24 hour stoppage commencing 0600 on 24 February 2022
- Port Botany & Port Jackson – 48 hour stoppage commencing 0001 on 22 February 2022
- Newcastle – 48 hour stoppage commencing 0600 on 22 February 2022
- Kwinana – 48 hour stoppage commencing 0700 on 19 February 2022
- Kwinana – 48 hour stoppage commencing 0700 on 23 February 2022
- Fremantle – 48 hour stoppage commencing 0700 on 24 February 2022
- Fremantle – 48 hour stoppage commencing 0700 on 3 March 2022

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