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Here’s to the engineers

Tuesday, 12 July 2005, 5:00 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

New levels of cabin comfort on Air New Zealand’s long-haul Boeing 747s are a testimony to the skill and hard work of New Zealand engineers, says their union. More >>

F and P news good for NZ, says union

Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 2:50 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The union that represents workers at Fisher and Paykel says that today’s announcement that the company is to establish a manufacturing base in North America is good news for the future of New Zealand manufacturing. More >>

Union calls for trust at work

Tuesday, 5 July 2005, 11:24 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

New Zealand will lift its productivity when workers and employers trust each other, says the head of the country’s largest union. In a speech to Wairarapa business leaders this morning, Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union national secretary Andrew ... More >>

Death shocks workers at steelmill

Monday, 4 July 2005, 1:37 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Workers at the New Zealand Steel steel mill at Glenbrook, south of Auckland, are in shock after the death of a workmate at the site this morning. More >>

Union rejects Solid Energy’s claims

Friday, 1 July 2005, 6:44 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union is rejecting claims that it has mislead coal miners over negotiations for a new national employment agreement. More >>

Correction to media statement

Friday, 1 July 2005, 8:47 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

A media release issued by the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union this afternoon said that the Auckland International Airport Company had lifted its pay offer to workers to four per cent plus a cash payment. More >>

Airport co. workers mount picket

Friday, 1 July 2005, 12:53 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Workers from Auckland International Airport Company have spent the morning picketing outside the airport’s terminals as they strike for a fair share of the company’s huge profits. More >>

Airport company payout angers workers

Thursday, 30 June 2005, 4:14 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Auckland International Airport Company has an inflamed and already tense industrial situation by today announcing that it will pay an extra $200 million back to shareholders. More >>

Airport workers offered 3.5%, not 6% - union

Tuesday, 28 June 2005, 1:39 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Auckland International Airport Company workers have been offered a 3.5 per cent pay rise, not six per cent as claimed by the cash-rich company, says the workers’ union. More >>

Pay more if you want staff

Tuesday, 28 June 2005, 1:38 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

New Zealand employers have to pay more if they want staff – and some of them are, says the union behind the Fair Share – Five in ’05 campaign. More >>

Airport co to be hit by action

Monday, 27 June 2005, 5:57 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Auckland International Airport company is refusing its workers a five per cent pay rise – despite giving directors a 66 per cent rise and increasing shareholders’ dividends by nearly 50 per cent. More >>

Coal talks adjourned

Monday, 27 June 2005, 8:37 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Wage talks between the EPMU, representing 700 coal miners at mines across the country, and Solid Energy and its contractors adjourned late this evening with the parties considering their positions. More >>

Manufacturing push welcome

Thursday, 23 June 2005, 9:16 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The union that represents manufacturing workers is backing a campaign by Business New Zealand for more focus on manufacturing – but says that the business lobby group has to move beyond its tired old anti-worker rhetoric and be ready to work in partnership ... More >>

TelstraClear dispute flares

Monday, 20 June 2005, 10:56 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

About 50 workers at TelstraClear call centres in Wellington and Kapiti have downed tools to join a picket by technicians outside the company’s New Zealand head office. More >>

TelstraClear picketline

Monday, 20 June 2005, 10:37 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

They started the pre-work picket outside Centreport on Aotea Quay at 7.30am in protest over the company’s refusal to settle a collective agreement for all Wellington-based employees. More >>

Court decision important

Friday, 17 June 2005, 9:19 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The EPMU, NZ's largest union, has welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court on the employment status of Lord of the Rings modelmaker James Bryson. More >>

Tool Blacks among best in the world

Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 2:33 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The success of the Tool Blacks in the World Skills competition is testimony to the quality of New Zealand’s trade training, says the country’s largest union. More >>

Departure of Ralph Norris

Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 2:06 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The union that represents 3000 Air New Zealand workers today acknowledged the announcement of chief executive Ralph Norris’ resignation. More >>

Coal miners and employers to return to talks

Friday, 10 June 2005, 5:47 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union national secretary Andrew Little said this afternoon that terms for a return to talks had been agreed. More >>

Stockton mine joins action

Thursday, 9 June 2005, 2:58 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Workers at the Stockton open-cast mine at Westport are refusing to load coal trains in protest at the break-down of their pay talks. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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