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EPMU welcomes Health & Safety policy
Thursday, 3 November 2011, 4:33 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The EPMU is welcoming Labour’s health and safety policy, announced today, saying it signals a move away from the hands-off, self regulation approach that has been an abysmal failure, costing lives and serious accidents. More >>
National’s Employment Policy a Leap Backwards for Workers
Friday, 28 October 2011, 3:01 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
National’s employment policy is a leap backwards with plans to introduce youth rates through the back door, further strip away workers’ rights and give more bargaining power to employers, says the EPMU, the country’s largest private sector union. More >>
Genesis call centre workers plan action
Tuesday, 25 October 2011, 3:48 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Workers at Genesis Energy’s Hamilton call centre have today given notice to take industrial action on Monday 14 November as anger mounts over a company claim for an individualised performance based pay system. More >>
Union Concerned At Herald Press Gallery Suspension
Friday, 7 October 2011, 2:26 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The union representing journalists, the EPMU, has expressed its concern at the decision of the Speaker of the House, Lockwood Smith, to suspend all the New Zealand Herald's press gallery members for two weeks for breaching standing orders. More >>
Phone and data lines under threat
Thursday, 7 July 2011, 12:12 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Phone and data lines are under threat because controversial maintenance arrangements made between Chorus and Visionstream two years ago aren’t working, says the union representing lines maintenance workers. More >>
Andrew Little steps down as EPMU national secretary
Tuesday, 5 July 2011, 4:15 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
EPMU national secretary Andrew Little stands down tomorrow (Wednesday). Mr Little, a lawyer, joined the union’s legal team in 1992. He was named general counsel in 1997 and assistant national secretary in 1998, and was elected unopposed to the position ... More >>
Telco training critical, says union
Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 11:23 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The government urgently needs a plan for telecommunications training and keeping relevant skills in New Zealand, says the union representing telco workers. More >>
Key should act now on mine safety, says union
Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 11:22 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The Government’s admission that New Zealand’s mine safety standards are below par means it should act now, not wait until the Royal Commission has finished its work, says EPMU national secretary Andrew Little. More >>
‘Near enough just not good enough,’ says EPMU
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 12:02 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Independent audits on underground mine safety released this week (10 May) by the Department of Labour show serious deficiencies in health and safety systems in New Zealand’s underground coal mines. More >>
Photos of Pike River memorial unveiling at Blackball
Thursday, 28 April 2011, 4:56 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
EPMU national secretary Andrew Little and CTU president Helen Kelly at the unveiling of the memorial to the 29 men killed in the Pike River mine disaster. More >>
EPMU welcomes General Cable decision to defer redundancies
Thursday, 24 March 2011, 4:21 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) welcomes today's announcement by General Cable that it will put off planned redundancies for the rest of 2011 following the February earthquake in Chistchurch. More >>
ACC privatization plans unnecessary and unfair
Tuesday, 21 December 2010, 1:31 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The ACC privatisation plans unveiled today by National and ACT are unnecessary and unfair, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU). More >>
Selling out Kiwi work rights for Warner Bros a “disgrace”
Tuesday, 21 December 2010, 1:18 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
New Zealanders ought to be deeply concerned at the government’s willingness to change our labour laws at the behest of US entertainment corporation Warner Bros earlier this year, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU). More >>
Inquiry lacks health and safety expertise
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 2:38 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The EPMU is today calling for the appointment of a workplace health and safety practitioner on the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Pike River mine disaster. More >>
Pike River Coal receivership “very concerning”
Monday, 13 December 2010, 2:17 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Today’s news that partners from PricewaterhouseCoopers have been appointed as receivers of Pike River Coal Ltd is very concerning, says the Engineering, Printing & Manufacturing Union (EPMU), the union representing coal miners at the company. More >>
EPMU mourns the 29 men reportedly killed in the Mine
Wednesday, 24 November 2010, 7:56 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) is mourning the tragic deaths of 29 men reportedly killed in the Pike River mine after news of a second massive explosion there. More >>
Govt inaction fails workers over ANZAC Day
Thursday, 18 November 2010, 12:49 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The government has let down Kiwi workers by failing to grant alternative days for the loss of the Waitangi Day and ANZAC Day public holidays next year, says the Engineering, Printing & Manufacturing Union (EPMU). More >>
Search & Surveillance Bill goes too far, EPMU
Monday, 8 November 2010, 1:11 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The government’s Search & Surveillance Bill goes too far in extending search and seizure powers to allow the police to order journalists to hand over documents and reveal the identity of their sources, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing ... More >>
Don’t extend unjust “Hobbit” law to bind all
Friday, 29 October 2010, 2:05 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Extending “The Hobbit” law to all contractors would simply extend a gross injustice done to a few to the many, says New Zealand’s largest private sector union, the Engineering. Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU). More >>
EPMU releases employment law submission
Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 4:47 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The Government’s unfair changes to employment relations laws are about giving employers control over the choices workers would otherwise be free to make and will do nothing for constructive workplace relations, the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing ... More >>
