Farstad seeks MUA talks through Fair Work Australia

The shipping industry's effort to head off an industrial campaign in the offshore energy sector is underway with Farstad Shipping seeking to involve Fair Work Australia in negotiations with the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA).

  

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The Australian Shipowners Association (ASA) insisted today that Farstad did all it could to prevent strike action, short of agreeing to all MUA demands, and warned that neither industry players nor ratings could afford a wages breakout.

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