A YOUNG New Zealand docker has died of his injuries after his straddle crane overturned at ports of Auckland on August 27, reigniting calls for tighter measures to ensure the safety of workers.
'This is a tragedy. Every worker deserves to return home safely at the end of his or her shift. Our thoughts are with the family of this young man, his workmates, friends and our comrades at MUNZ [Maritime Union of New Zealand],' ITF Dockers' Section chair Paddy Drumlin was quoted as saying in a report by AJOT.
'The death of this young worker again reinforces our determination to hold governments, employers and regulators to account and to continue calling on them to work with unions to eliminate health and safety risks.'
This latest death comes after calls from MUNZ to Maritime New Zealand director Keith Munch for enforceable regulations and improved safety standards on the New Zealand waterfront, following three deaths in New Zealand in 2017. The ITF Dockers' Section supports this drive for greater safety and is working with unions globally to raise standards on the docks.
MUNZ general secretary Joe Fleetwood added: 'This tragic death indicates again the urgent need for enforceable regulations together with mandatory standards of work practices across the New Zealand waterfront.
'If the government, port companies and stevedoring employers are serious about preventing deaths on the waterfront they must commit to reform the current lack of enforceable regulations.'
'This is a tragedy. Every worker deserves to return home safely at the end of his or her shift. Our thoughts are with the family of this young man, his workmates, friends and our comrades at MUNZ [Maritime Union of New Zealand],' ITF Dockers' Section chair Paddy Drumlin was quoted as saying in a report by AJOT.
'The death of this young worker again reinforces our determination to hold governments, employers and regulators to account and to continue calling on them to work with unions to eliminate health and safety risks.'
This latest death comes after calls from MUNZ to Maritime New Zealand director Keith Munch for enforceable regulations and improved safety standards on the New Zealand waterfront, following three deaths in New Zealand in 2017. The ITF Dockers' Section supports this drive for greater safety and is working with unions globally to raise standards on the docks.
MUNZ general secretary Joe Fleetwood added: 'This tragic death indicates again the urgent need for enforceable regulations together with mandatory standards of work practices across the New Zealand waterfront.
'If the government, port companies and stevedoring employers are serious about preventing deaths on the waterfront they must commit to reform the current lack of enforceable regulations.'