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Day workers join strike
Tuesday, 2 August 2005, 11:48 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The day shift at the world's largest manufacturer of tungsten carbide-tipped circular saw blades, Irwin Industrial Tools in Wellsford, has just voted to join a strike over pay. More >>
Workers in bid to save jobs
Tuesday, 2 August 2005, 11:47 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Workers at Carter Holt Harvey’s Tokoroa plywood mill and their union are preparing to sit down with their bosses in a bid to avoid redundancies. More >>
Zero pay rise leads to strike
Tuesday, 2 August 2005, 11:45 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
One hundred and twenty workers at a beef jerky plant who haven’t had a pay rise in three years are on strike today. More >>
Workers walk out over 2.5%
Tuesday, 2 August 2005, 8:33 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Workers at a Wellsford industrial saw manufacturing plant walked off the job early this morning in anger at what is effectively a 2.5 per cent pay offer. More >>
Mill workers hit by one blow after another - union
Monday, 1 August 2005, 10:19 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Workers at the Carter Holt Harvey plywood mill in Tokoroa who face redundancy and income cuts say that they are tired of constant “restructuring”. More >>
International flights affected by strike
Monday, 1 August 2005, 10:09 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Emirates, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Pacific Blue, Thai Airways and Garuda are among the international airlines with flights affected by a baggage handlers’ strike this weekend. More >>
RNZ's Morning Report Hit by Strike
Monday, 1 August 2005, 8:32 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Industrial action has forced National Radio’s Morning Report programme off the air this morning. More >>
RNZ staff to walk off the job
Friday, 29 July 2005, 4:18 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Some 180 Radio New Zealand employees will walk off the job this afternoon in protest at the state broadcaster’s refusal to agree to a five per cent pay rise. More >>
Dispute continues at National Aluminium
Friday, 29 July 2005, 10:54 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Workers at National Aluminium in Hamilton have put in place an overtime ban as their pay dispute continues. More >>
Strike by low-paid baggage handlers
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 3:33 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Airline baggage handlers and cleaners who haven’t had a pay rise in two years will strike this weekend in frustration over their employer’s refusal to pay them a decent wage. More >>
Training policy a boost for workers
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 12:16 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Labour’s pledge to train 5000 more modern apprentices and to widen the scheme to older workers and to young people who are still in school is a major boost to working people and to the country, says the New Zealand’s largest union, the Engineering, ... More >>
Policy will encourage workers to up-skill
Tuesday, 26 July 2005, 3:58 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The Labour Party’s promise to reduce student debt will encourage working people to get involved in tertiary training, says the country’s largest union. More >>
National scrapped apprenticeships, says union
Monday, 25 July 2005, 4:18 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The National Party’s sudden commitment to apprenticeships is a complete about-face on its actions when it was in power, says the country’s largest trade union. More >>
Aluminium workers to walk off the job
Wednesday, 20 July 2005, 5:14 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Work at National Aluminium in Hamilton will grind to a halt on Friday when nearly the entire workforce walks off the job. More >>
Amcor workers win five per cent
Wednesday, 20 July 2005, 5:12 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The dispute at the Amcor flexible packaging plant on Auckland’s North Shore has been settled. More >>
Break-through in mines talks
Tuesday, 19 July 2005, 9:24 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Coal miners will return to work tomorrow (Tuesday) after a substantial break-through in their negotiations to establish a national coalmining employment agreement. More >>
Coal talks concluded
Monday, 18 July 2005, 10:33 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union national secretary Andrew Little said that the union would report back to members tomorrow, and that no further statement would be made until then. More >>
Packaging plant strike for 5%
Friday, 15 July 2005, 5:03 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Some 64 workers at the Amcor flexible packaging plant on Auckland’s North Shore are on strike for a fair-share five per cent pay rise. More >>
Coal miners’ talks resume
Friday, 15 July 2005, 10:01 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Mediated talks aimed at settling the long-running coal miners’ dispute will begin at 10.30am today. More >>
Coal miners’ talks
Thursday, 14 July 2005, 4:09 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The EPMU will take part in mediated talks with Solid Energy tomorrow over the long-running coal miners’ dispute. More >>
