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New report pointing the way to prosperity
Thursday, 19 August 2010, 3:01 pm | EPMU
New Zealand must respond seriously and meaningfully to the New Zealand Institute report "A Goal is not a Strategy" released today if we are to raise incomes and living standards, the largest private sector union, the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing ... More >>
Unfair law changes making work less rewarding
Tuesday, 17 August 2010, 10:24 am | EPMU
Unfair and unnecessary changes to employment and holiday laws introduced to Parliament by the Government will remove work place rights, affecting all working New Zealanders and their families, says the EPMU. More >>
Pacific Blue Departure Will Cost Jobs
Tuesday, 17 August 2010, 9:03 am | EPMU
The departure of Pacific Blue from New Zealand domestic routes could cause the loss of up to 200 jobs according to the country's largest aviation sector union, the Engineering, Printing & Manufacturing Union. More >>
Christchurch line engineers rally outside Orion
Friday, 6 August 2010, 10:41 am | EPMU
Christchurch power line engineers in the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) will hold a one hour stop work meeting and rally from 8.30am today outside Orion Group Ltd to support their claim for a 5% pay rise. More >>
‘Metals’ MECA settles
Friday, 23 July 2010, 2:04 pm | EPMU
12 noon, 23 July, 2010 -- Nearly 2000 engineering and manufacturing workers will have pay increases above inflation and an extra day holiday in 2011 after EPMU members voted overwhelmingly to ratify the Metals and Manufacturing multi-employer collective ... More >>
EPMU joins CTU in opposing National’s plan
Friday, 16 July 2010, 1:15 pm | EPMU
The EPMU will join with the CTU and other unions in opposing National’s plans to extend its 90-day ‘fire at will’ unfair dismissal law to all workplaces at a rally outside the National Party conference at Sky City in Auckland on Sunday 18 ... More >>
Mining company stuck in the 19th century
Tuesday, 13 July 2010, 1:00 pm | EPMU
HWE Mining Pty Ltd wants gold miners working at Newmont Waihi Gold's Favona Decline mine to endure nineteenth century working conditions by remaining underground during 11.5 hour shifts with no access to hygiene facilities, says the Engineering, Printing ... More >>
Striking Auckland StelTech engineers win pay rise
Monday, 28 June 2010, 10:47 am | EPMU
Auckland StelTech engineers in the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) have won a three percent pay rise from the New Zealand Steel subsidiary following a two week strike. More >>
Retaining public ownership of Solid Energy
Monday, 21 June 2010, 2:50 pm | EPMU
Retaining public ownership of Solid Energy is in the national interest, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU), the union that represents employees in the State-owned Enterprise (SOE). More >>
NZ workers’ rights eroding, ILO conference told
Friday, 18 June 2010, 10:42 am | EPMU
Workers’ rights are being eroded in New Zealand, against the international trend for governments to protect jobs in the wake of the global financial crisis, the 99th International Labour Organization (ILO) conference in Geneva has been told by Andrew ... More >>
Steltech engineers call strike
Monday, 14 June 2010, 4:39 pm | EPMU
Auckland StelTech engineers in the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) have voted to strike today after the company refused them a pay rise for the second year running. More >>
Cutting delivery days won’t increase revenue
Thursday, 10 June 2010, 4:51 pm | EPMU
New Zealand’s largest postal sector union, the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU), says cutting the number of delivery days won’t increase New Zealand Post’s revenue. More >>
Auckland power line engineers start strike action
Tuesday, 1 June 2010, 11:50 am | EPMU
Auckland power line engineers in the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) have voted to take strike action from midnight tonight, rejecting an offer from Electrix which included a pay freeze till the end of 2012. More >>
'Loan shark' reform Bill deserves a fair go
Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 5:44 pm | EPMU
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) backs MP Carol Beaumont’s Credit Reform (Responsible Lending) Bill and wants to see National support it too. More >>
EPMU wary of TelstraClear’s job intentions
Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 5:42 pm | EPMU
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) is wary of the intentions behind TelstraClear’s decision to cut 70-80 Paraparaumu call centre customer service roles and move them overseas to the Philippines. More >>
Disappointing Supreme Court decision confusing
Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 10:57 am | EPMU
The EPMU is disappointed with yesterday’s Supreme Court decision on employers' use of strike-breaking labour but says it is more likely to confuse than to clarify. More >>
New landmark agreement closes Aussie wage gap
Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 10:54 am | EPMU
New Zealand's largest private sector union says its new landmark oil & gas collective agreement providing for Australian rates of pay in New Zealand shows that real improvements in wages won't come from fiddling around with the tax system. More >>
EPMU welcomes Air New Zealand jobs move
Wednesday, 21 April 2010, 5:27 pm | EPMU
The EPMU has welcomed the transfer by Air New Zealand of the ATR fleet operated by Mount Cook Airline from Air New Zealand’s Christchurch Engineering facility to Air Nelson. The union has been told that the move will result in 30 new roles in ... More >>
Manufacturing growth jobless - EPMU
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 4:03 pm | EPMU
Growth in manufacturing announced today has shown no increase in jobs or wages says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union More >>
Sitel workers left high and dry by Telecom shift
Tuesday, 23 March 2010, 2:08 pm | EPMU
Workers at Telecom 111 contractor Sitel are currently picketing outside the company’s Palmerston North offices to protest the company laying them off with no compensation. More >>
