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Labour’s work & wages policy will boost economic performance
Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 4:24 pm | EPMU
New Zealand largest private sector union, the EPMU, is welcoming the Labour Party’s work and wages policy (announced today) as an innovative and sustainable way forward to growing wages, productivity, and overall economic performance. The Labour Party ... More >>
Poverty eradication should be a priority for all NZers
Monday, 17 October 2011, 9:30 am | EPMU
As a nation we need to be working to eradicate poverty so that every citizen has the chance of a decent quality of life, says New Zealand's largest private sector union, the EPMU. More >>
Yarrows sale welcomed
Friday, 14 October 2011, 4:03 pm | EPMU
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) is welcoming the sale of the troubled baking business Yarrows to John and Rosaleen Yarrow and is looking forward to working with the new owners to restore the iconic Taranaki company to its former ... More >>
F&P Healthcare workers reject latest collective agreement
Thursday, 22 September 2011, 12:24 pm | EPMU
Fisher and Paykel Healthcare workers have rejected their employer’s latest collective agreement offer but have committed to take part in more talks next week. Nine hundred F & P Healthcare production, maintenance and distribution workers, who are organised ... More >>
F&P Workers Consider Latest Collective Agreement Offer
Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 9:41 pm | EPMU
Fisher and Paykel Healthcare workers at the company’s Highbrook factory have finished a round of meetings to vote on their employer’s latest offer to settle negotiations for a new collective agreement. More >>
F&P Healthcare workers being threatened with suspension
Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 4:45 pm | EPMU
Nearly 900 Fisher and Paykel Healthcare workers at the company’s Highbrook factory are being threatened with suspension as they meet to vote on whether to accept the company’s latest pay offer. F & P Healthcare production, maintenance and distribution ... More >>
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare workers fail to reach agreement
Friday, 16 September 2011, 4:33 pm | EPMU
16 September, 2011 Media Release Fisher & Paykel Healthcare workers fail to reach agreement in mediation Nearly 900 Fisher and Paykel Healthcare workers still face the prospect of taking industrial action next week at the company’s Highbrook ... More >>
New Zealand Steel workers vote for new collective agreement
Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 4:22 pm | EPMU
New Zealand Steel workers have voted overwhelmingly to accept a new two year collective agreement following the first strike at the company for many years. More >>
Workers vote to strike for the first time at Fisher & Paykel
Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 11:12 pm | EPMU
Iconic kiwi company Fisher and Paykel Healthcare is choosing not to take the opportunity to lead New Zealand manufacturing out of recession and boost wages, instead it is offering miserly pay increases, according to the Unions who organise nearly 900 staff ... More >>
Transit stomps on Auckland manufacturer, 55 jobs at risk
Monday, 5 September 2011, 11:13 am | EPMU
Metal tube and wire products manufacturer Wire by Design says it has to close its Auckland based factory, citing 'unacceptable delays' by government agency Transit NZ in managing the compulsory purchase and move of the business to a new site. More >>
Good week for miners
Friday, 19 August 2011, 1:00 pm | EPMU
EPMU welcomes announcements made this week that will have a significant impact on health and safety in the mining industry. Ged O’Connell, Assistant National Secretary of the EMPU said today “it’s been a good week for miners, on the heels of the ... More >>
New Mines and Oil & Gas Body a Good Start; More Work Needed
Wednesday, 17 August 2011, 5:52 pm | EPMU
The union representing most underground coal miners and oil and gas industry workers has welcomed the government's high hazards unit as a good start but says more will need to be done for New Zealand to reach world's best practice standard. More >>
NZ steel workers walk off job
Tuesday, 16 August 2011, 12:15 pm | EPMU
More than 850 steel workers employed by NZ Steel at their sites in Glenbrook, Waikato North Head and Taharoa have called a 24-hour strike and walked off the job after a breakdown in collective agreement talks. More >>
Blue Star decision ‘too close for comfort’
Wednesday, 10 August 2011, 4:14 pm | EPMU
The decision by Blue Star bondholders to accept a proposed refinancing deal by majority owner Champ Private Equity has been ‘too close for comfort’ for Blue Star workers, says the country’s largest private sector union. More >>
Fatal accident at SafeAir in Blenheim
Monday, 8 August 2011, 11:52 am | EPMU
An engineer has been killed this morning at an accident at SafeAir in Blenheim. SafeAir is a wholly owned subsidiary of Air New Zealand. More >>
Labour’s CGT a breath of fresh air for manufacturing
Friday, 15 July 2011, 10:57 am | EPMU
The Labour Party’s decision to introduce a capital gains tax of 15% is a breath of fresh air for manufacturing, says EPMU national secretary Bill Newson. More >>
Manufacturing is the future, says a retiring Little
Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 10:42 am | EPMU
New Zealand must "make more stuff" if it is to survive as a country, says the out-going head of the country's largest private-sector union. More >>
International mining union officials visit Chch & Greymouth
Thursday, 30 June 2011, 11:45 am | EPMU
The general secretary of the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine & General Workers’ Unions (ICEM) Manfred Warda arrives in Christchurch on Friday 1 July as a guest of the NZ Engineering, Printing & Manufacturing Union (EPMU). More >>
Yarrows redundancies pave way for potential resale
Thursday, 9 June 2011, 2:03 pm | EPMU
All workers at Yarrows Bakery have now been made technically redundant, and approximately two-thirds of the workers have been offered new jobs by the receivers BDO. The decision to retain a pared-back workforce at the South Taranaki-based factory suggests that ... More >>
Workplace accidents highlight poor health and safety record
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 10:46 am | EPMU
Two fatal work accidents in the past week have highlighted the importance of safety procedures at work, and New Zealand's poor health and safety record. More >>
