Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union - Latest News [Page 25]
Telecoms workers strike
Friday, 14 October 2005, 12:04 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Many of the workers who maintain the Telecom network will strike Friday in protest over their low wages. More >>
CHH calls police into dispute
Tuesday, 11 October 2005, 2:55 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The dispute at the Carter Holt Harvey laminated veneer plant in Whangarei has turned nasty, with workers being confronted by dozens of police with paddy wagons when they turned up to negotiations at the plant this morning More >>
CHH workers want bosses to honour promise to talk
Monday, 10 October 2005, 10:36 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Striking workers from the Carter Holt Harvey laminated veneer lumber plant in Whangarei say that they’ll be ready to resume negotiations on Tuesday, and are urging their bosses to be there too. More >>
CHH workers want bosses to honour promise to talk
Monday, 10 October 2005, 10:06 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Striking workers from the Carter Holt Harvey laminated veneer lumber plant in Whangarei say that they’ll be ready to resume negotiations on Tuesday, and are urging their bosses to be there too. More >>
CHH agrees to return to talks
Friday, 7 October 2005, 11:47 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Negotiations in the Carter Holt Harvey laminated veneer plant dispute could resume as early as Monday. More >>
Unions deliver higher wages
Friday, 7 October 2005, 9:48 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Household incomes are growing because New Zealand workers are standing up and demanding a fair-share of the country’s wealth, says the country’s largest union. More >>
Hikoi by striking CHH workers
Thursday, 6 October 2005, 9:53 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Around 100 striking workers from the Carter Holt Harvey laminated veneer lumber plant in Whangarei are on a hikoi to take their message to their boss. More >>
Suspensions are illegal - union
Tuesday, 4 October 2005, 3:55 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The legality of the long-running suspension of Wellington engineering workers is being challenged in court. More >>
BOP hospital workers in fight for fair pay
Tuesday, 4 October 2005, 8:38 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Trades and stores workers at Bay of Plenty public hospitals are on strike in a dispute over pay. More >>
ODT printers reject offer
Thursday, 29 September 2005, 11:06 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Printers at the Otago Daily Times have rejected a pay offer from the paper’s owner and are now considering their next move. More >>
Meadowfresh staff stunned by closure
Tuesday, 27 September 2005, 9:56 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
This afternoon’s shock announcement of the closure of the Meadowfresh yoghurt plant in Christchurch sends a clear signal to workers that they should get what they can, while they can, says the country’s largest union. More >>
Strike at Fairfax newspapers
Monday, 26 September 2005, 10:43 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Workers at two Fairfax newspapers are holding a lightning 24-hour strike and are now picketing in the main street of Upper Hutt. More >>
Mt Cook strike to end after jobs threatened
Monday, 26 September 2005, 10:39 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Workers at Mt Cook Airlines in Queenstown have agreed to return to work in the face of threats that they would lose their jobs. More >>
CHH strikers hold protests
Monday, 26 September 2005, 9:54 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Striking workers from the Carter Holt Harvey LVL (laminated veneer lumber) plant at Marsden Pt, Whangarei, are holding demonstrations around the region this morning. More >>
Industrial update – Sept 26, 2005
Monday, 26 September 2005, 12:42 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
1. Striking workers at the Carter Holt Harvey LVL (lumber veneer plant) at Marsden Pt, Whangarei, are holding protests in Northland today (see release earlier today). More >>
CHH workers setting up strike funds
Friday, 23 September 2005, 3:14 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Carter Holt Harvey workers are now setting up strike funds as tension builds in their national wages campaign. More >>
CHH workers stop work
Friday, 23 September 2005, 9:28 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
A week of stop-work meetings by Carter Holt Harvey workers around the country will come to a head in Auckland tomorrow. More >>
Industrial update, Sept 22, 2005
Friday, 23 September 2005, 8:59 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Today’s talks between Queenstown baggage handlers and Mt Cook Airlines were inconclusive. Union members will hold a meeting in Queenstown tomorrow. More >>
Plastics workers win a big pay rise
Friday, 23 September 2005, 8:58 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union national secretary Andrew Little announced today that plastics workers around the country had overwhelmingly ratified an agreement which will see them get a five per cent pay rise. More >>
Baggage handlers in Auck to strike
Thursday, 22 September 2005, 8:46 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Ground staff servicing Emirates, Singapore, Cathay Pacific, Pacific Blue and other international airlines will walk off the job for seven days from midnight tonight (Weds). More >>