Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union - Latest News [Page 35]
Tribute to Pat Kelly
Friday, 25 June 2004, 1:50 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The country’s largest union today paid tribute to Pat Kelly, who died yesterday. More >>
Mixed feelings over mill decision - union
Tuesday, 15 June 2004, 10:13 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union says it is pleased that the future of Kawerau pulp and paper mill is secure, but disappointed that there will be some job losses. Mill owner Norske Skog today announced that it was making a major investment ... More >>
Wages wake-up call for workers
Friday, 11 June 2004, 11:41 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
New Zealand workers need to band together if they want a fair slice of the country’s wealth, says the country’s largest union. More >>
Income package is welcome, say workers
Thursday, 27 May 2004, 5:53 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union national secretary Andrew Little said that many working families were struggling to make ends meet, and were pleased that today’s Budget contained real help for them. More >>
Workers expect big things from budget - union
Wednesday, 26 May 2004, 4:37 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
New Zealand workers expect tomorrow’s Budget to be pay-back time, says the country’s largest union. More >>
Hope for future of Origin Pacific workers - union
Tuesday, 11 May 2004, 4:40 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union hopes that the jobs of remaining workers at Origin Pacific will be safe under a rescue package for the airline. More >>
Keep the employment court, says union
Wednesday, 5 May 2004, 3:05 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
New Zealand’s largest union says that it will vigorously oppose any move to abolish the Employment Court. More >>
Union holds out hand to employers
Thursday, 29 April 2004, 4:26 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
New Zealand’s largest union is holding out a hand to employers who are ready to move past rhetoric and deal with the real issues facing New Zealand. More >>
Mourning for the dead and fighting for the living
Tuesday, 27 April 2004, 4:34 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Workers gathering around the country tomorrow to remember their fallen colleagues will be urged to get active on workplace health and safety. More >>
Another blow for forestry
Friday, 16 April 2004, 12:47 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The central North Island forestry industry took another blow today with news that Carter Holt Harvey’s Rotorua sawmill is to be sold. More >>
Spotlight is now on all drugs test schemes - union
Wednesday, 14 April 2004, 3:03 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
New Zealand’s largest union says that it will now put all workplace drugs testing regimes under close scrutiny in the wake of a landmark court decision. More >>
Air NZ strike called off
Friday, 2 April 2004, 12:02 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Last-minute talks have averted a strike by more than 1000 members of the EPMU at Air New Zealand Engineering Services. More >>
Union calls for assurance over power supply
Monday, 29 March 2004, 4:31 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The union that represents manufacturing workers is calling for assurances on future energy supplies in the wake of today’s announcement that Project Aqua is being dropped. More >>
Tokoroa is likely to lose another 30 jobs
Monday, 29 March 2004, 3:52 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Workers at the Kinleith surfacer, which planes rough-sawn timber, were today told by Carter Holt Harvey that the plant may close. More >>
Employment law anarchy must stop, says union
Monday, 29 March 2004, 3:50 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
New Zealand’s largest union is calling on the Government to come down hard on employment law anarchy. More >>
Key Metals agreement is settled
Monday, 29 March 2004, 12:29 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
EPMU national secretary Andrew Little today said that an offer of a 2.9 per cent pay rise had been ratified by workers in a series of meetings last week. More >>
Back to bad-old days with Kiwibank sale
Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 3:37 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
National Party leader Don Brash is championing bad old policy in calling for Kiwibank to be sold, says the union that represents the bank’s staff. More >>
Break-through in the Metals
Friday, 19 March 2004, 10:26 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The Engineering, Printing & Manufacturing Union has received a further offer from employers who are party to the Metals and Manufacturing multi-employer collective agreement. The union has agreed to take the offer to members over the next week for ... More >>
EPMU Responds To Roger Sowry Misrepresentation
Wednesday, 17 March 2004, 6:05 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
A statement released today by the National Party’s industrial relations spokesman, Roger Sowry, incorrectly states the position of the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union in the Metals and Manufacturing Industries Collective Agreement dispute. More >>
Workers Reject Metals Offer
Wednesday, 17 March 2004, 3:47 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Hundreds of workers at a stopwork meeting in Auckland today rejected an employer offer of a 2.7 per cent wage increase in the key Metals agreement. More >>