ICTSI South Pacific (ICTSISP) and its PNG terminal operating subsidiaries, South Pacific International Container Terminal Limited (SPICTL) and Motukea International Terminal Limited (MITL), have signed new union agreements with two unions in Papua New Guinea, that establish pay and conditions for workers.
Namely, the PNG Maritime and Transport Workers’ Union (PNGMTWU) has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the Philippine port operator ICTSI.
These agreements provide that SPICTL and MITL will conduct all the provisions of both the “PNG National Stevedoring & Handling Workers’ Industrial Agreement of 2016” and the “PNG Other Maritime Workers’ Industrial Agreement of 2016.”
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ITF president and chair of the ITF dockers’ section, Paddy Crumlin, cautiously welcomed the agreement and congratulated the union and its members.
This Memorandum of Agreement is a significant victory for workers who were looking down the barrel of a 50 percent wage cut.
Mr Crumlin also said that the new agreement recognises the PNGMTWU as representative of the workforce and provides a mechanism to resolve disputes.
