Australia’s Fair Work Commission has brought the port strikes that have hampered trade across the island for the past week to an end.
The commission has imposed a 35-day ban on industrial action at Patrick Stevedores’ terminals in four cities. Unions and Patrick still cannot agree on a new working deal, suggesting more strikes are possible in late February.
Meanwhile, the strikes by engineers against tugboat operator Svitzer Australia have also ended with related unions agreeing to a new deal with Svitzer.
