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Solid Energy fined for injuring miner
Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 5:08 pm | EPMU
The EPMU is welcoming the Greymouth District Court’s decision to fine Solid Energy $71,000 plus $46,000 in reparations for safety failings that led to miner Paul Burton being seriously injured. More >>
Union backs call for inquiry into intelligence services
Monday, 29 July 2013, 10:48 am | EPMU
The union representing journalists, the EPMU, supports calls for an inquiry into New Zealand's intelligence services after it was revealed that the New Zealand Defence Force has spied on a New Zealand journalist working in Afghanistan. More >>
Sentencing shows need for corporate manslaughter law
Friday, 5 July 2013, 11:15 am | EPMU
The miners’ union is calling for a corporate manslaughter law in the wake of Pike River Coal Ltd’s sentencing in Greymouth today. More >>
NZ Post cuts 500 mail processing jobs
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 11:10 am | EPMU
New Zealand Post has told staff it intends to close its Waikato, Wellington, Dunedin and heartland mail processing centres at a cost of 500 jobs. More >>
NZ Post cuts 500 mail processing jobs
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 11:10 am | EPMU
New Zealand Post has told staff it intends to close its Waikato, Wellington, Dunedin and heartland mail processing centres at a cost of 500 jobs. More >>
Government should adopt jobs report
Monday, 17 June 2013, 10:50 am | EPMU
The Government should drop its planned changes to employment law and adopt the recommendations of the parliamentary inquiry into manufacturing instead, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. More >>
PM should bin strike-breaking bill
Thursday, 13 June 2013, 1:56 pm | EPMU
National MP Jami-Lee Ross’ bill to legalise strike-breaking should not proceed any further given the Prime Minister’s assurances he will not support it, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. More >>
National’s Employment Changes Mean a Low Wage Future For NZ
Thursday, 6 June 2013, 9:36 am | EPMU
National’s plans to reduce Kiwis’ rights at work will mean a low wage future for New Zealand, the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union is warning. More >>
Pike River consultation encouraging
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 2:27 pm | EPMU
The EPMU is welcoming the start of public consultation into changes to mine health and safety recommended by the Pike River Royal Commission. The union will be encouraging members to participate in the public consultation and is calling on employers to ... More >>
Rio Tinto appeal disappointing
Monday, 13 May 2013, 1:43 pm | EPMU
The EPMU is disappointed at Rio Tinto’s decision to appeal an Employment Relations Authority ruling requiring the company to pay workers back for leave it owes them but has never paid. More >>
EPMU Wins Tiwai Point Leave Case
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 3:06 pm | EPMU
Workers at the Tiwai Point smelter are owed back pay from their employer for annual leave they were legally entitled to but never received, the Employment Relations Authority has ruled. More >>
Workers encouraged to ‘Stand Up, Be Safe’
Sunday, 5 May 2013, 12:47 pm | EPMU
Workers are being encouraged to stand up and be safe at work in a new union campaign to ensure they come home to their families free from injury or illness. More >>
NZ Post Is a Public Service, Not a Cash Cow
Friday, 3 May 2013, 10:48 am | EPMU
New Zealand Post is a vital public service and there is no justification for reducing mail delivery to three days a week, says the union for postal workers, the EPMU. More >>
National’s Employment Changes Will Cut Kiwis’ Pay
Friday, 26 April 2013, 1:17 pm | EPMU
April 26, 2013 Media Release National’s Employment Changes Will Cut Kiwis’ Pay National’s proposed changes to the Employment Relations Act will cut the pay of every working New Zealander, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. ... More >>
Government should Buy Kiwi Made
Wednesday, 24 April 2013, 2:15 pm | EPMU
The Government’s new procurement guidelines are a missed opportunity to support New Zealand manufacturing, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. More >>
Mercer Stainless workers strike to protect conditions
Tuesday, 23 April 2013, 2:17 pm | EPMU
Workers at Mercer Stainless have walked off the job today in protest against management attempts to slash their redundancy entitlements and annual leave. The strike began at 12pm and will continue for the rest of the day, effectively halting production ... More >>
Job losses at Sealed Air in Rotorua
Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 10:46 am | EPMU
April 9, 2013 Media Release Job losses at Sealed Air in Rotorua Plastic packaging manufacturer Sealed Air has told workers at its Rotorua plant it intends to phase down production and close the plant by mid-2014. The proposed closure would affect ... More >>
Government must protect Tiwai jobs
Thursday, 28 March 2013, 2:33 pm | EPMU
The union for workers at Tiwai Point aluminium smelter says the Government’s decision to intervene in talks between Meridian and the smelter’s owners is welcome, but the situation should never have been allowed to reach crisis point. More >>
Government must protect postal services
Tuesday, 12 March 2013, 11:38 am | EPMU
New Zealand Post is a vital public service and any moves to address declining mail volumes must consider more than profitability, says the union for postal workers, the EPMU. In its submission to the Government on NZ Post’s proposal to change the ... More >>
Solid Energy Bailout Must Protect Communities
Friday, 22 February 2013, 10:18 am | EPMU
Talk of a Government bailout of Solid Energy is welcome, but must not come at the cost of devastating mining communities, says the union for miners, the EPMU. EPMU national secretary Ged O’Connell says communities on the West Coast and the Waikato ... More >>
