Australian Financial Review - DP World to dock pay in escalation of waterfront battle

Paul Zalai, chief executive of the industry group Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA), said it appeared DP World had decided the union's campaign of industrial action was intolerable.

"Reading between the lines, it could get to the point where DP World invokes the industrial action available to them, which would be to lock out the staff," he said. "I'm hopeful it doesn't come to that."

There has not been a major lockout in Australia's shipping industry since the 1990s waterfront dispute, in which the Howard government collaborated with Patrick Corporation in an attempt to break the MUA and reform Australia's ports.

Australian Financial Review - DP World to dock pay in escalation of waterfront battle