Normal operations are set for Lyttelton Port after months of strike action.
Lyttelton Port Company (LPC) and the Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) have reached an agreement in principle regarding terms of settlement.
As a result, the RMTU has lifted all strike notices and LPC has withdrawn its lockout notice for action set to take place from April 20 to 24 and April 26 to 29.
The agreement in principle regarding terms of settlement will require formal ratification by RMTU members at Lyttelton Port.
LPC chief executive Peter Davie says “the lifting of the strike notices is an extremely positive step as we move closer to achieving settlement.
“LPC wants to acknowledge customers’ ongoing support and thank them for their patience during the industrial action. It is encouraging that we can again give importers, exporters and our region certainty of uninterrupted service at Lyttelton Port,” Davie says.
RMTU organiser John Kerr says the port and the union and the Council of Trade Unions reached the decision at an April 16 meeting.
Kerr says union members “have instructed the RMTU bargaining team to proceed to settlement on the basis of the agreement reached at that meeting”.
The terms of the agreement are yet to be made public.
