Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union - Latest News [Page 33]
TVNZ staff furious over Bailey affair
Thursday, 16 December 2004, 8:47 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Television New Zealand staff who got a pay rise of just 1.5 per cent this year are promising a “full-frontal attack” in the wake of news reader Judy Bailey’s 77 per cent rise. More >>
Oamaru Mail latest to be hit by action
Thursday, 16 December 2004, 12:10 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The Oamaru Mail is the latest media organisation to be hit by industrial action this week. More >>
Star journos and printers take industrial action
Wednesday, 15 December 2004, 9:57 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Journalists and printers at the Christchurch Star are the latest group of media workers to take industrial action. More >>
Cuisine and TV Guide printers off the job
Tuesday, 14 December 2004, 5:12 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Workers at a high-quality printing plant in Christchurch have walked off the job today in a move which could affect production of the TV Guide, Cuisine, House and Garden and other publications. More >>
Strike at Northern Advocate
Tuesday, 14 December 2004, 12:52 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Journalists and dispatch workers at the Northern Advocate daily newspaper in Whangarei have walked off the job in a dispute over pay. More >>
National flip-flop on holidays inevitable
Thursday, 9 December 2004, 9:02 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
News that a National government would not repeal the fourth week’s annual leave does not surprise the union that campaigned for it. More >>
Listen to labour on China FTA, union tells govt
Wednesday, 8 December 2004, 8:24 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
New Zealand’s largest union is again calling for the Government to put labour issues at the forefront of free-trade talks with China in the wake of that country’s refusal to allow unionists to visit. More >>
Work together for productivity, says union
Tuesday, 30 November 2004, 6:03 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Manufacturing workers today welcomed a report which said that future business success will depend on co-operation between workers and employers. More >>
Oil-rig workers settle deal
Wednesday, 24 November 2004, 9:52 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Onshore oil-rig workers have voted to accept a deal hammered out last night, saying it addresses all their claims. More >>
Oil-rig workers about to vote on settlement
Tuesday, 23 November 2004, 1:55 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Details of the settlement won’t be available until after the workers have voted on them this afternoon, but Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union national secretary Andrew Little said that the union was satisfied with the agreement. More >>
Manufacturing summit needed before FTA
Monday, 22 November 2004, 5:43 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The union that represents manufacturing workers is calling for a national summit on the future of manufacturing – and wants it before a China Free Trade Agreement is signed. More >>
Talks to resume in oil-rig workers’ dispute
Monday, 22 November 2004, 5:25 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Talks will resume at 3pm today in the onshore oil-rig workers’ dispute. More >>
Shock Hidden Death Toll Requires Decisive Action
Tuesday, 9 November 2004, 11:17 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
A new health and safety report revealed the shockingly high toll of decades of neglect in New Zealand workplaces and decisive action was required, Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today. More >>
Loosen rules on workplace compensation
Tuesday, 9 November 2004, 9:56 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The Government must consider loosening the rules around compensation for workplace accidents and illnesses in the wake of a report that shows some 1000 New Zealanders a year die of work-related conditions, says the country’s largest union. More >>
Benefit cuts not the answer, says union
Wednesday, 27 October 2004, 2:27 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Calls for the domestic purposes benefit to be cut in order to force solo parents out to work ignore the reality of life for working families, says Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union national secretary Andrew Little. More >>
Labour Day call to employers
Friday, 22 October 2004, 11:09 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
New Zealand’s largest union is calling for a summit on the future of New Zealand industry. More >>
Labour Day call to employers
Friday, 22 October 2004, 10:48 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
New Zealand’s largest union is calling for a summit on the future of New Zealand industry. More >>
Plastics workers to vote on strike
Monday, 18 October 2004, 9:54 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Workers at a major New Zealand plastics company will next week vote on whether to take strike action after negotiations for their collective employment agreement broke down today. More >>
Kawerau trades centre the key to industrial future
Friday, 15 October 2004, 3:10 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The development of a centre offering high-level training in maintenance and modern production is being hailed by the country’s largest union as the way forward for New Zealand manufacturing. More >>
National will let young workers be fired at will
Tuesday, 12 October 2004, 5:18 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The National Party has revealed plans to allow employers to fire new workers at will. More >>