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EPMU members upstage media awards

Saturday, 19 May 2007, 1:46 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union members have taken the stage at the Qantas Media Awards to protest plans by their employer, APN, to outsource its subediting to Australian company PageMasters. More >>

Air Nelson mediation breaks down

Friday, 18 May 2007, 1:43 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The mediation between the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union and Air Nelson over their pay dispute has broken down. More >>

EPMU welcomes incomes-boosting budget

Friday, 18 May 2007, 9:20 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The country’s largest private sector union has welcomed Budget 2007 saying it has the potential to boost incomes. More >>

Dynamic outsourcing shows urgent need for policy

Thursday, 17 May 2007, 9:36 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union is renewing its calls for government to change its approach to manufacturing following the announcement of 200 job losses at Christchurch-based high-tech manufacturer Dynamic Controls. More >>

Air NZ workers lead international day of action

Wednesday, 16 May 2007, 9:26 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union and Aviation and Marine Engineers Association members will be the first aviation workers in the world to take part in today’s aviation industry international day of protest. More >>

Unions and TVNZ resume mediation

Thursday, 10 May 2007, 1:23 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union and the Public Service Association are continuing mediation with TVNZ today. The mediation concerns the public broadcaster’s plan to make 58 news and current affairs staff redundant and is scheduled for today ... More >>

Air Nelson faces strike action

Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 12:13 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union has served notice of strike action on Air New Zealand’s biggest Link company, Air Nelson. The action will begin at midnight on the 24th of May and comes after nine days of talks, including four days ... More >>

Lockout ends with workers' victory

Friday, 4 May 2007, 1:12 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

After being locked out for two and a half days Amcor workers have won a deal meeting their demands and returned to work. More >>

Unions and TVNZ commence mediation

Friday, 4 May 2007, 9:55 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union and the Public Service Association will meet with TVNZ for mediation today over the public broadcaster’s decision to cut 58 jobs in news and current affairs. More >>

Broadband workers picket Telecom

Friday, 4 May 2007, 12:05 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Workers at Telecom subcontractor Systemtech have begun a 24 hour strike action over poor pay and conditions and will be protesting outside Telecom’s Christchurch headquarters from 12pm today. More >>

Locked out workers picketing factory

Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 2:06 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

More than sixty EPMU members who were locked out yesterday by multinational packaging company Amcor Flexibles are currently picketing their North Shore factory. More >>

Factory workers locked out on May Day

Tuesday, 1 May 2007, 2:25 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Multinational packaging company Amcor has locked out more than sixty Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union members from its Albany site after they refused to accept company demands that would have put their health and safety at risk. More >>

Notice withdrawn at Air Nelson

Tuesday, 1 May 2007, 2:18 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union has withdrawn its notice of strike action at Air Nelson after the employment court indicated it would support the Air New Zealand-owned company's injunction against the notice over a legal technicality. More >>

Review welcome, politicial point-scoring must stop

Tuesday, 1 May 2007, 11:44 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union welcomes the announcement of a select committee inquiry into New Zealand’s monetary policies, but is concerned by the political point-scoring the issue has provoked. More >>

Fisher & Paykel closure a ‘wake up call’ for Govt

Monday, 30 April 2007, 12:07 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union is calling on the government to review its manufacturing strategy, or lack of one, in the wake of Fisher & Paykel’s announcement that it will be relocating manufacturing operations to Thailand at a ... More >>

Fisher & Paykel closure a ‘wake up call’ for Govt.

Friday, 27 April 2007, 9:43 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union is calling on the government to review its manufacturing strategy, or lack of one, in the wake of Fisher & Paykel’s announcement that it will be relocating manufacturing operations to Thailand at a ... More >>

Deadline for TVNZ redundancies extended

Friday, 27 April 2007, 12:48 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union has won an extension of the consultation period and mediation over proposed cuts to 58 news and current affairs jobs at TVNZ. More >>

Cash rate “blunt tool” - EPMU

Thursday, 26 April 2007, 1:58 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Today’s rise in the Official Cash Rate will have to be answered with higher wages or working New Zealanders will suffer, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. More >>

A dark day for NZ news

Thursday, 19 April 2007, 5:23 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union is considering launching legal action to stop APN from outsourcing its subediting - a decision confirmed today by the media giant. More >>

Chinese miners in NZ to learn about mine safety

Thursday, 19 April 2007, 9:33 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union has welcomed a delegation of Chinese mining representatives who are visiting New Zealand to investigate safer mining practices. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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