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Community rallies around Yarrows
Friday, 3 June 2011, 2:55 pm | EPMU
Yarrows Bakery is still operating, despite going into receivership, and the beleaguered firm is receiving strong support from workers and the wider community. The Yarrows factory in Manaia is now in the hands of receivers BDO, but other companies in the ... More >>
Budget does nothing for working families
Thursday, 19 May 2011, 3:27 pm | EPMU
Working families looking for relief from rapidly rising prices and other costs will be sorely disappointed with today’s Budget which will put even greater pressure on households already stretched to breaking point, the country’s largest private ... More >>
‘Involve working people in rebuilding Christchurch,’
Friday, 13 May 2011, 6:40 pm | EPMU
Almost 100 delegates from Christchurch’s largest union are urging central and local government to involve working people in decisions around rebuilding the city they will live in. More >>
Make health and safety 'front and centre' - EPMU
Thursday, 28 April 2011, 9:34 am | EPMU
Achieving decent workplace health and safety regulation with full input from working people and their representatives must be front and centre for business and government, the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) says on International Workers' ... More >>
Government must improve offshore exploration safety
Wednesday, 20 April 2011, 1:59 pm | EPMU
On the first anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster the EPMU and MUNZ say the Key government must apply lessons from it and the Pike River tragedy and act without delay to ensure workers have a stronger voice in offshore oil exploration ... More >>
Govt Must Improve Offshore Exploration Safety
Tuesday, 19 April 2011, 2:57 pm | EPMU
On the first anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster the EPMU and MUNZ say the government must apply lessons from it and the Pike River tragedy and act to ensure workers have a stronger voice in offshore oil exploration safety. More >>
Inflation hike shows wages must rise
Monday, 18 April 2011, 11:54 am | EPMU
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) says pressure for higher wages will continue to increase following today's announcement that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation figure has risen steeply by 0.8% in the quarter to March ... More >>
NZPA closure a huge loss for news journalism
Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 9:51 pm | EPMU
EPMU, Wellington, 6 April 2011 -- The planned closure of NZPA later this year announced today is a huge loss for news journalism in New Zealand, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU), the union that represents journalists. More >>
No fairness in workplace law changes
Thursday, 31 March 2011, 2:38 pm | EPMU
No fairness in workplace law changes that come into force tomorrow There is nothing fair in the new workplace law changes that will come into force tomorrow on 1 April, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU). More >>
EPMU launches campaign against unfair workplace law changes
Tuesday, 29 March 2011, 9:20 am | EPMU
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) launched its “Things just got tougher” campaign today, opposing the government’s unfair new workplace law changes that take effect on Friday 1st April and demanding employers promise not ... More >>
Mexican workers deserve the same rights and freedoms as NZ
Thursday, 17 February 2011, 3:34 pm | EPMU
After the Pike River coal mine disaster, trade unions in New Zealand and around the world sent messages of support to the bereaved families and hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to the fund the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union ... More >>
NZ unions rally in support of Mexican workers’ rights
Thursday, 17 February 2011, 2:51 pm | EPMU
New Zealand union representatives rallied outside the Mexican Embassy in Wellington today in support of Mexican workers’ rights as part of an international week of solidarity actions. A delegation from the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing ... More >>
NZ unions to rally in support of Mexican workers’ rights
Wednesday, 16 February 2011, 4:16 pm | EPMU
NZ union representatives will rally tomorrow outside the Mexican Embassy in Wellington at 12.30pm in support of Mexican workers’ rights as part of an international week of solidarity actions. More >>
EPMU calls on Govt to assist fund legal representation
Tuesday, 15 February 2011, 2:13 pm | EPMU
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU), which is the union that represents miners, is calling on the government to provide support for its legal representation in the Pike River Royal Commission of Inquiry. More >>
Government inaction is costing more Kiwis their jobs
Thursday, 3 February 2011, 2:15 pm | EPMU
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) is warning rising unemployment levels may now become the norm if the government continues to do nothing to create jobs and protect Kiwi workers. More >>
Unions help boost wages but price rises cancel the gains
Wednesday, 2 February 2011, 4:54 pm | EPMU
Union members are more likely to have had better pay increases in 2010 than the Labour Cost Index figure of 1.7% announced today, says the largest private sector union, the Engineering, Printing & Manufacturing Union (EPMU). More >>
EPMU backs move to protect public holidays for all
Friday, 28 January 2011, 3:28 pm | EPMU
The Engineering, Printing & Manufacturing Union (EPMU) welcomes Labour’s announcement today it wants to ensure New Zealand workers get the eleven public holidays they are entitled to, every year, by legislating for it. “The EPMU welcomes the announcement ... More >>
Workers at Scott Technology strike in support of pay claim
Friday, 17 December 2010, 3:21 pm | EPMU
Forty workers in the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) at Scott Technology in Christchurch walked off the job this morning after unanimously rejecting the company’s offer in pay talks and voting to implement an overtime ban. More >>
Sacked Pike River workers form Welfare Committee
Friday, 17 December 2010, 8:45 am | EPMU
The Pike River workers sacked this week have set up their own Welfare Committee after being told by receivers PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) that some of them will receive as little as ten days termination pay next week. More >>
