Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union - Latest News [Page 34]
Fisher and Paykel move is the way ahead - union
Tuesday, 12 October 2004, 9:00 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Fisher and Paykel’s $83.3 million purchase of an American appliance maker is a sign that New Zealand manufacturers can foot it in the face of global competition, says the country’s largest union. More >>
Industrial action by airline caterers
Friday, 1 October 2004, 2:34 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Workers at airline catering company LSG Skychef are holding rolling stoppages in protest over stalled pay talks. LSG Skychef provides on-board catering for airlines. More >>
Training part of the big picture
Wednesday, 29 September 2004, 10:47 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The country’s largest union says that increased skills training should be part of a wider vision for New Zealand’s future. More >>
Journos to take Herald to court
Saturday, 25 September 2004, 4:49 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Journalists at the NZ Herald have resolved today to take their employer to court over the company’s refusal to apply their employment agreement to workers on the Sunday edition. More >>
Update on NZ Herald situation
Wednesday, 22 September 2004, 10:32 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
New Zealand Herald journalists met on Monday afternoon and lifted their ban on work for the Herald on Sunday to allow talks with APN management to take place yesterday. More >>
Employers must stump-up for super, says union
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 8:47 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The country’s largest union says that the workplace superannuation proposal unveiled today is a good start – but employers shouldn’t get out of contributing to workers’ retirement income. More >>
Gattung’s huge payrise brings call for rules
Monday, 13 September 2004, 10:45 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The country’s largest union is asking the Government to ensure that rules to stop abuse of a dominant market position apply to the labour market as well as the consumer market. More >>
Unions should be at China FTA bargaining table
Tuesday, 7 September 2004, 3:43 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The union that represents manufacturing workers is calling for workers to be represented in trade talks with China. More >>
PCP study long overdue - union
Tuesday, 7 September 2004, 9:49 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The union that has been campaigning for years for recognition of the damage done to timber workers by PCP is welcoming today’s announcement of a research programme, saying it is time that science caught up with reality. More >>
Company is at fault in Air NZ wages blow-out
Monday, 30 August 2004, 9:43 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The union that represents workers at Air New Zealand says that the Government should be asking the airline’s managers and directors the hard questions about why a wages blow-out has been allowed to occur – and sack them if it is not satisfied with the ... More >>
Union wants one law for all
Wednesday, 25 August 2004, 9:59 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
A major union is to ask Parliament to rescind the right of Exclusive Brethren employers to bar union officials from their workplaces. More >>
Union welcomes asbestos decision
Thursday, 12 August 2004, 5:43 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The country's largest union is looking closely at a decision granting accident compensation to the family of an asbestosis victim to see how it may apply to other afflicted workers. More >>
McCains workers reject pay cut
Tuesday, 10 August 2004, 9:35 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Workers at the McCains plant in Feilding today unanimously rejected a company proposal which would see their wages cut by up to 23 per cent. More >>
McCains buying a fight over wages cut plan
Monday, 9 August 2004, 5:14 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Workers at the McCain’s plant in Feilding are outraged that they are being asked to take a huge pay-cut amid veiled threats that the plant will close. More >>
Workers from collapsed airline welcome money
Wednesday, 28 July 2004, 9:12 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The union that represented many of the workers who lost their jobs when Tasman Pacific collapsed in 2001 is welcoming news that they are to finally get some money, but says the saga highlights the need for change. More >>
Brash confirms he will attack workers’ rights
Monday, 26 July 2004, 9:30 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Don Brash has confirmed that a Government led by him would be a return to the industrial dark-ages. More >>
‘It’s war,’ union tells National
Tuesday, 20 July 2004, 11:47 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The country’s largest union today put Don Brash’s National Party on notice of a fight. More >>
EPMU Biennial Conference Media Advisory
Monday, 19 July 2004, 5:11 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The biennial conference of New Zealand’s largest trade union, the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) begins in Rotorua tomorrow. More >>
Job losses raise questions about NZ commitment
Friday, 9 July 2004, 10:27 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
News that a group of workers are to lose their jobs at the Kawerau pulp and paper mill shows that one of New Zealand’s largest companies has little commitment to New Zealand says the country’s largest union. More >>
Electricity workers ban overtime
Tuesday, 6 July 2004, 1:50 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Electricity workers on the North Shore are refusing to do overtime in the wake of their employer’s refusal to settle their collective agreement. More >>