Workers can't 'cherry-pick' jobs, stevedore boss declares


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Mr Noes told ABC radio on Wednesday morning that part of the union's strategy had been to preserve workers' pay while hampering freight movements, which has worried export groups. "Ideally [for the union], you want to get paid while you don't work, and that's what we're saying that you cannot do," he said. "We respect that you don't want to work and you're staying at home, but you cannot come in and cherry-pick jobs." The MUA, which is in three days of talks with DP World this week, has previously accused the company of stalling negotiations, leaving it with no…