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Botany Downs Warehouse worker and First Union delegate Albert Masagnay (third from right) and First Union General Secretary Robert Reid (second from right) join striking Ports of Auckland workers.

More than 300 Ports of Auckland workers started the first day of a twenty-one day strike today, Friday 24 February 2012. The workers have taken the action to stop the port's plans to casualise and contract out their work. Workers have been negotiating since September last year and have taken smaller strike actions in that time.

Sign the worker's petition to project job security at: www.SaveOurPort.com/petition

Union's affiliated with the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (NZCTU) met today in Auckland to organise a march in solidarity with striking Ports of Auckland workers.

Union's present included: Actors Equity, Dairy Workers Union (NZDWU), First Union (FU), Nurses Organisation (NZNO), Education Institute (NZEI), Service and Food Workers Union (SFWU) and Unite.

More than 300 Ports of Auckland workers started the first day of a twenty-one day strike today, Friday 24 February 2012. The workers have taken the action to stop the port's plans to casualise and contract out their work. Workers have been negotiating since September last year and have taken smaller strike actions in that time.

Sign the worker's petition to project job security at: www.SaveOurPort.com/petition

More than 300 Ports of Auckland workers started the first day of a twenty-one day strike today, Friday 24 February 2012. The workers have taken the action to stop the port's plans to casualise and contract out their work. Workers have been negotiating since September last year and have taken smaller strike actions in that time.

Sign the worker's petition to project job security at: www.SaveOurPort.com/petition

More than 300 Ports of Auckland workers started the first day of a twenty-one day strike today, Friday 24 February 2012. The workers have taken the action to stop the port's plans to casualise and contract out their work. Workers have been negotiating since September last year and have taken smaller strike actions in that time.

Sign the worker's petition to project job security at: www.SaveOurPort.com/petition

Rail and Maritime Union General Secretary Wayne Butson gives a $10,000 cheque to striking Ports of Auckland stevedore Ken Ziegler. Ken is a delegate and executive member of Maritime Union of New Zealand Local 13.

More than 300 Ports of Auckland workers started the first day of a twenty-one day strike today, Friday 24 February 2012. The workers have taken the action to stop the port's plans to casualise and contract out their work. Workers have been negotiating since September last year and have taken smaller strike actions in that time.

Sign the worker's petition to project job security at: www.SaveOurPort.com/petition