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Healthcare workers win by standing together
Thursday, 27 March 2014, 10:09 am | EPMU
Healthcare workers win by standing together District Health Boards have attended mediation and agreed to re-enter negotiations after healthcare workers announced industrial action at hospitals across New Zealand. The workers, who provide support ... More >>
Healthcare Workers Refuse To Negotiate With A Computer
Tuesday, 25 March 2014, 1:50 pm | EPMU
Hundreds of healthcare workers are holding a national day of action on 9 April to oppose district health board pay offers which don’t even keep up with the rising cost of living. More >>
Printing workers refuse overtime due to employment condition
Friday, 21 March 2014, 3:04 pm | EPMU
Workers covered by the collective agreement at Blue Star Print Group will not work any overtime from Monday 24 March, after bargaining broke down. The company is attempting to claw back the workers’ current terms and conditions of employment, including ... More >>
Government determined to keep wages down
Thursday, 20 March 2014, 9:06 am | EPMU
Despite widespread opposition from working Kiwis, National is pushing ahead with its unnecessary and unfair Employment Relations Amendment Bill, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. “This is a radical bill, and its long-term effects ... More >>
Strike action to continue until workers get fair treatment
Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 1:26 pm | EPMU
Workers at Steel and Tube sites across New Zealand have chosen to continue targeted strike action until management agree to negotiate fairly with them. The workers, who are represented by the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union and FIRST ... More >>
Workers Fight For Fair Treatment At Steel And Tube NZ
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 1:57 pm | EPMU
Workers at Steel and Tube sites across New Zealand are walking off the job today to protest the disrespectful way their employer has acted in recent bargaining. More >>
High-value jobs lost as Fletchers sells off Pacific Steel
Monday, 17 February 2014, 11:54 am | EPMU
Workers at Pacific Steel in Auckland are facing redundancy as the company is sold off by parent company Fletchers, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. Pacific Steel has been purchased by NZ Steel, and will continue to operate ... More >>
Eight jobs lost at Top Energy in Northland
Wednesday, 5 February 2014, 1:12 pm | EPMU
At least eight jobs will go at Top Energy, a community-owned generator and lines company in Northland, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. Top Energy is restructuring to cut costs and made the announcement to workers today. More >>
Dropping of charges against Pike River CEO is disgraceful
Thursday, 12 December 2013, 11:17 am | EPMU
Dropping of charges against Pike River CEO is disgraceful It is disgraceful that charges against the former CEO of Pike River Coal have been dropped, says the union for miners, the EPMU. Peter Whittall faced 12 charges under the Health and Safety ... More >>
Government pushes ahead to cut wages and work right rights
Wednesday, 11 December 2013, 11:33 am | EPMU
Government pushes ahead with law to cut wages and work rights The National government is pushing ahead with unfair employment law changes which undermine workers’ basic rights and will drive down wages, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing ... More >>
58 jobs gone in Wellington as Unilever sends work to Oz
Wednesday, 4 December 2013, 6:27 pm | EPMU
58 jobs gone in Wellington as Unilever sends work to Australia At a meeting late today, workers at Unilever’s washing powder factory in Petone were told that their jobs will likely be gone and the factory will close by 2015, says the Engineering, ... More >>
PM should hold corporates to account for workplace deaths
Tuesday, 3 December 2013, 2:29 pm | EPMU
New Zealand workers who are killed on the job deserve justice, not excuses, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. “Nine forestry workers have died this year,” says Bill Newson, EPMU national secretary. More >>
NZTA workers walk off the job in Palmerston North
Monday, 2 December 2013, 2:33 pm | EPMU
Workers at the New Zealand Transport Agency in Palmerston North have walked off the job this afternoon in protest at the agency’s refusal to consider any across-the-board pay rise. More >>
Workers and their families should not be exposed to asbestos
Wednesday, 27 November 2013, 2:02 pm | EPMU
Christchurch rebuild workers and their families should not be put at risk of serious illness due to exposure to asbestos, says EPMU Construction, the union for construction workers. More >>
EPMU stands with Pike River families on third anniversary
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 9:49 am | EPMU
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union will be represented today at a memorial service in Blackball marking three years since the Pike River mine disaster claimed the lives of 29 men. More >>
Air New Zealand sell-down puts a national asset at risk
Monday, 18 November 2013, 10:15 am | EPMU
The government’s sell-down of its current shares in Air New Zealand threatens the security of our national airline and workers’ wages and conditions, says the union for aviation workers, the EPMU. More >>
New Zealand miners will be safer at work
Friday, 15 November 2013, 11:28 am | EPMU
The passage of the Pike River Implementation Bill is a victory for health and safety at work and will keep Kiwi miners safe, says the union for miners, the EPMU. More >>
21 jobs lost as APN Print Wanganui closes plant
Thursday, 24 October 2013, 12:57 pm | EPMU
It’s a sad day for Whanganui as APN has confirmed it will be shutting its printing plant at the cost of 21 jobs, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. More >>
Government opens the door for massive cuts to NZ Post
Wednesday, 23 October 2013, 1:48 pm | EPMU
The announcement today that the Government is giving New Zealand Post the “flexibility” to slash services to urban and rural Kiwis is shocking, says the union for postal workers, the EPMU. More >>
Union gobsmacked by Air New Zealand’s brazenness
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 2:49 pm | EPMU
It defies belief that Air New Zealand is applying to employ aircraft engineers from overseas, only a week after its subsidiary Safe Air announced that it has to let 69 workers go and it proposes to lay another 190 off in Auckland due to a lack of ... More >>
