Lyttelton Port workers have suspended strike action planned for this week after a break-through in wage talks.
Port of Lyttelton Photo: AFP
Members of the Rail and Maritime Union had issued strike notices for six days of action due to start on Wednesday, after protracted wage talks broke down.
The action has been suspended after what the union said was a change of heart from the Port.
A ban on overtime which was already in place has also been lifted.
The Port of Lyttelton has been threatened with a string of strike days if a pay dispute with the Rail and Maritime Union is not resolved.
Lyttelton Port has been threatened with six days of strike action from 11 February by the Rail and Maritime Union.
Two hundred Port of Lyttelton workers have voted to walk off the job for 24 hours on 11 February, in support of their pay claims.
Ongoing union action will halt overnight operations at the Port of Lyttelton for a fifth weekend in a row.
Workers at the Port of Lyttelton who are taking industrial action over their pay dispute are outraged by the chief executive's large salary increase, a union says.
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