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Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union - Latest News [Page 18]

TVNZ restructure concerns unions

Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 2:35 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

If TVNZ is serious about providing quality programming they will not make redundancies to their news and production staff, say the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union and the Public Service Association. More >>

Oamaru Mail workers vote for industrial action

Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 1:48 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union members at the APN-owned newspaper the Oamaru Mail have voted to take strike action if their claim for a fair pay rise is not met during tomorrow’s negotiations. More >>

Closure will hurt workers

Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 1:46 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The closure of Southland milling company Bright Wood will leave workers high and dry says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. The workers, half of whom are EPMU members, have no redundancy cover and no collective agreement due to ... More >>

Closure shows need for new manufacturing approach

Thursday, 18 January 2007, 2:01 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing union will be meeting with its members at Blundstone tomorrow to discuss the footwear company's closure of its Henderson factory. More >>

C I Munro workers will be looked after says Union

Tuesday, 16 January 2007, 4:09 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union is working closely with Otorahanga manufacturer C I Munro to make sure its workers are not adversely affected when operations are moved to Hamilton. More >>

Crunch time for Air NZ ground service jobs

Monday, 15 January 2007, 9:21 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Crucial talks over the future of Air New Zealand passenger and groundhandling services and the 1700 jobs they involve will start tomorrow in Auckland The talks between the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union and the airline represent the last ... More >>

Origin Workers Could Lose Even More - Union

Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 4:04 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Origin Pacific workers who are already thousands of dollars out of pocket stand to lose even more money in a wrangle over who should be responsible for sorting out the failed airline’s financial affairs, says their union. More >>

TVNZ’s editorial freedom vital

Friday, 8 December 2006, 9:34 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The union that represents journalists says that Television New Zealand’s right to make editorial judgments without political interference appears to be under threat from the National Party. More >>

Nelson power workers take industrial action

Friday, 1 December 2006, 1:42 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Nelson electricity workers whose boss won’t give them a pay rise are refusing to do overtime or out-of-town work. Thirty-six workers at network maintenance company United Group launched industrial action yesterday in frustration at the company’s ... More >>

EPMU welcomes defeat of No-Rights Bill

Thursday, 23 November 2006, 10:48 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union welcomes today’s decision by Parliament to reject the National Party’s 90 No-Rights Bill and congratulates the four parties that voted it down and the thousands of New Zealand workers who stood ... More >>

TVNZ steals Christmas

Friday, 17 November 2006, 4:45 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Union members at TVNZ have taken more lightning strike action today as the Crown Owned Company continues to refuse staff a decent payrise. More >>

$79 Million an insult to striking workers

Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 8:08 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Union members from the Public Service Association and the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union at TVNZ have returned to work after 24 hours of full strike action to be met by the news of another $79m of taxpayers' money going into the coffers ... More >>

Strike action at TVNZ escalates: 24 hour strike

Monday, 13 November 2006, 5:32 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Union members from the Public Service Association and the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union at TVNZ have walked off the job for twenty four hours starting today at 5:05pm tonight. More >>

Industrial action disrupts 6pm News, Sunday show

Monday, 13 November 2006, 8:51 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union and Public Service Association unionised workers at TVNZ took lightning industrial action from 2:15pm to 7:30pm today resulting in disruption to TV One cornerstone current affairs show, Sunday, as well as the ... More >>

Make it here and show you care

Thursday, 9 November 2006, 9:29 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The union that represents manufacturing workers is challenging New Zealand companies that manufacture overseas to front up to Kiwi workers and explain why. Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union national secretary Andrew Little told guests at ... More >>

Workers in shock at Airpoints closure

Thursday, 9 November 2006, 9:27 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Workers at the Air New Zealand Airpoints call centre in Christchurch are in shock after the airline announced today that it will be closing the call centre and relocating to Auckland, says the union representing the workers. More >>

Industrial action cuts TVNZ live crosses

Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 7:55 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Further industrial action at TVNZ has resulted in the loss or delay of three live crosses after members from the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union and the Public Service Association walked out at 5:40pm today and stayed out for just ... More >>

Lightning Strike Disrupts News

Friday, 3 November 2006, 10:55 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union and Public Service Association members at TVNZ took lightening strike action from 6:35am today resulting in disruption to morning news including an abrupt change of newsreader, the loss of a camera and extra ... More >>

Landmark Colgate factory to close

Wednesday, 1 November 2006, 5:55 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The factory that introduced softball to New Zealand is to close, with the loss of some 100 jobs. More >>

PGs for the vulnerable, not the opportunistic

Wednesday, 1 November 2006, 1:56 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

A leading union is backing calls for a review of the personal grievance industry. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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