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Union condemns treatment of Michael Field
Friday, 15 June 2007, 11:35 am | EPMU
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union is strongly condemning the Fijian Government’s arrest and deportation of New Zealand journalist Michael Field as an attack on journalism and democracy. More >>
EPMU/Air Nelson decision reserved
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 10:20 am | EPMU
The decision over the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union’s case for an injunction preventing Air Nelson from using allegedly illegal strike-breakers has been reserved. More >>
Air NZ’s KiwiSaver commitment may have ‘fishhooks’
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 5:07 pm | EPMU
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union welcomes Air New Zealand’s move to bring its KiwiSaver contributions forward but is cautious about the impact of the move on bargaining with the national carrier. More >>
Striking Air NZ Link workers picket airport
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 10:56 am | EPMU
Striking Air Nelson workers will be picketing at Nelson airport today to protest against the Air New Zealand-owned company’s refusal to offer them a decent pay increase. More >>
Fonterra’s decision disloyal to local workers
Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 10:39 am | EPMU
Fonterra’s decision to endanger decent Kiwi jobs by shifting its coal contract to an Australian supplier shows a lack of loyalty to New Zealand and its workers says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. More >>
Rate rise further justifies pay rises - EPMU
Thursday, 8 March 2007, 11:24 am | EPMU
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union says today’s rise in the official cash rate just makes the need to increase wages more urgent. More >>
Oamaru Mail workers strike for 5%
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 10:00 am | EPMU
News workers at the APN-owned Oamaru Mail went on strike yesterday afternoon in support of their claim for a 5% pay rise. More >>
Nothing credible offered by Air New Zealand
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 9:27 am | EPMU
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union will be pursuing legal action against Air New Zealand after last-ditch negotiations with the company yesterday and today could not produce a proposal with sufficient detail for workers affected. More >>
Union moves on Air New Zealand court case
Friday, 9 February 2007, 11:01 am | EPMU
Legal action filed against Air New Zealand by the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union over the airline’s ground services outsourcing bid has been adjourned until Monday the 12th of February. More >>
Strike action at the Oamaru Mail
Thursday, 1 February 2007, 11:12 am | EPMU
It will be quiet at the APN-owned Oamaru Mail today as members of the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union take their first day of strike action after yesterday’s negotiations failed to deliver. More >>
Minimum wage increase will help fuel wage growth
Wednesday, 20 December 2006, 9:46 am | EPMU
The 9.8% increase in the minimum wage will have a strong flow-on effect in 2007’s bargaining round, says the union that led the Fair Share 5% in ’05 campaign. More >>
Qantas takeover concerns union
Saturday, 16 December 2006, 1:29 pm | EPMU
The takeover of Qantas by Macquarie Bank and United States private equity firm, Texas Pacific Group, could spell trouble for workers here and across the Tasman says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. More >>
Unions launch Air NZ campaign with legal action
Tuesday, 28 November 2006, 4:20 pm | EPMU
Unions representing ground services workers at Air New Zealand today launched the “Stop the Cuts” campaign to stop the airline’s proposal to cut their pay and conditions or outsource their jobs to multinational company Swissport. More >>
Workplace bill still unfair
Saturday, 28 October 2006, 4:50 pm | EPMU
Tinkering with National’s no-rights-for-new-workers bill will not make it any more palatable to New Zealanders, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. More >>
Expect unions to keep on growing
Friday, 27 October 2006, 3:44 pm | EPMU
New Zealand’s largest private-sector union says that union membership numbers will keep growing as the impact of wages campaigns hit home. More >>
Workers footing the bill to fix airline’s plans
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 9:46 am | EPMU
Ill-planned proposals by Air New Zealand to contract out vast areas of work have already cost workers more than $500,000 in expert fees, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. More >>
Feltex bid a good sign
Sunday, 1 October 2006, 2:42 pm | EPMU
News that the Australian carpet-maker Godfrey Hirst has lodged an unconditional bid for Feltex Carpets is being greeted with cautious optimism by workers. More >>
Glass workers strike for a fair share
Thursday, 31 August 2006, 10:08 am | EPMU
Workers at the Pilkington glass factory in Mt Wellington, Auckland, have walked off the job in a dispute over pay. More >>
One law for all, Dr Mapp
Sunday, 25 June 2006, 2:17 pm | EPMU
Plans by National MP Wayne Mapp to make his no-rights-for-new-workers bill more palatable by confining it to small workplaces and introducing a code of conduct will not prevent exploitation of vulnerable workers, says the union leading the Work Rights, Our Right! ... More >>
Pay campaign pays dividend
Monday, 5 June 2006, 2:31 pm | EPMU
A campaign that led to thousands of New Zealanders getting pay rises of five per cent or more has been judged one of the best of 2005. More >>
