Unionised: As thick as two short planks

The Maritime Union says it is dismayed the Ports of Auckland has returned to the bargaining table with little change in its position on contracting out stevedoring work

The ports company has said it is determined to continue the contracting out process once the collective agreement is settled

As predicted, POAL has rightly not changed position. One day the unionised will understand.

but union president Garry Parsloe says no worker will agree to a collective which retains the right of the employer to contract out

Poor deluded souls. Maybe the unionised will never understand, but eventually the message will get through their thick skulls as their jobs disappear to other ports.