You can now send an automatic email message to Port of Napier CEO Garth Cowie to tell him that you think his company has a responsibility to ensure secure local jobs at the Port of Napier. International trade union website Labour Start are promoting this email campaign at their website – send a message here!
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) shares have closed at a record high amidst renewed interest in the port sector and speculation of ports merging. LPC shares yesterday closed 8c higher at 248c, a new peak in their 12-month range which saw them as low as 190c. Shares in South Port, based in Bluff, closed 10c [...]
by Murray Horton Watchdog 112 (August 2006) ran a very detailed cover story on the successful campaign to stop the Christchurch City Council from selling off the Lyttelton Port Company (LPC) to Hutchison Port Holdings of Hong Kong – “Lyttelton Port Company Sale Dead In The Water: We’ve Won The Battle, But Not Yet The [...]
You are invited to the inaugural public meeting of the Keep Our Port Public Otago Branch.
Dear Members of the Christchurch City Council: I am president of the All Japan Dockworkers Union, an organization of dockworkers in Japan. On behalf of the All Japan Dockworkers Union, I hereby request that the City Council does not allow the sale of any shares it owns on Lyttleton Port Company to Hutchinson Port Holdings [...]
The Keep Our Port Public coalition, which is spearheading the campaign against the Christchurch City Council’s (temporarily thwarted) proposal to sell the Lyttelton Port Company to Hutchison Port Holdings Ltd of Hong Kong, has laid detailed complaints against the Council with both the Auditor-General and Ombudsman.
An article by Murray Horton from the April 2006 Foreign Control Watchdog In February 2006 the City Council of the “People’s Republic of Christchurch†dropped a bombshell. It announced that, via Christchurch City Holdings Ltd (the holding company for all the city’s trading assets) it would bid for the 31% of the Lyttelton Port Company [...]
I have been asked to give a global overview of what is going on with ports. And as I am the only speaker from the coalition organising this public meeting and this campaign, namely Keep Our Port Public, I will also be speaking on its behalf. KOPP is made up of a number of different [...]
by Murray Horton Only a year ago the Mayor was quoted (Press, 14/3/05) as saying: “It is good news for ratepayers because the money the Council gets from Christchurch City Holdings Ltd (CCHL) means rates are up to 18% lower than they would be. It shows the Council was right not to sell the assets [...]
CAFCA is a member of The Keep Our Port Public (KOPP) coalition, which has launched a petition, directed at the Christchurch City Council, urging that it not proceed with its plan to sell half of its stake in the Lyttelton Port Company to Hutchison Port Holdings Ltd of Hong Kong, nor to any other foreign [...]