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Union pays tribute to official killed in accident

Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 9:39 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union today paid tribute to a staff member killed in a road accident on the West Coast. More >>

Kinleith dispute – joint statement

Monday, 12 May 2003, 5:05 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union national secretary Andrew Little and Carter Holt Harvey CEO Peter Springford today said that obstacles to making progress had been cleared away at a weekend meeting in Auckland. More >>

Talks on in coal mines dispute

Monday, 12 May 2003, 12:33 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Talks resume tomorrow (Tuesday) between Solid Energy and miners from the Strongman and Spring Creek mines. More >>

Kinleith talks break down

Thursday, 8 May 2003, 9:29 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Talks between managers and striking workers from the Kinleith pulp and paper mill today broke down with the parties even further apart than ever. More >>

Coal miners strike for fair pay

Thursday, 8 May 2003, 12:28 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Miners from the Strongman and Spring Creek underground coal mines are the worst paid in the business – and they are doing something about it. More >>

CHH trying to intimidate workers - judge

Wednesday, 7 May 2003, 8:41 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Forestry giant Carter Holt Harvey has been accused by an Employment Court judge of using legal action to intimidate striking workers. More >>

Mill company’s workplace record : need for new law

Monday, 5 May 2003, 9:51 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Today’s Sunday Star-Times story highlighting the extent of health and safety problems at two Juken Nissho Ltd wood processing mills proves the need for new laws coming into effect tomorrow, says the country’s largest trade union. More >>

May Day rally for four weeks’ leave

Thursday, 1 May 2003, 9:35 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Auckland workers will use tomorrow’s May Day march to highlight their call for a fourth week’s holiday. More >>

Glass factory closure spells end of car industry

Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 5:38 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Today’s announcement of the possible closure of the Pilkington automotive glass factory in Lower Hutt is a blow to the workers and the region, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. More >>

Give workers a say over super

Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 9:15 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The country’s largest union is welcoming the Government’s move to encourage employers to take part in superannuation funds – but says that workers should have a say in managing them. More >>

Kinleith workers heading for CHH AGM

Tuesday, 29 April 2003, 4:47 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The workers, who have been on strike since March 7, will leave Tokoroa by bus at 5am tomorrow to travel to Auckland for the Carter Holt Harvey annual meeting. More >>

NZ’s largest union welcomes greenhouse agreement

Thursday, 24 April 2003, 5:18 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

New Zealand’s largest trade union has welcomed the first Negotiated Greenhouse Agreement (NGA) between the Crown and the New Zealand refining company which operates the Whangarei oil refinery. More >>

Union worried about JNL’s safety record

Wednesday, 16 April 2003, 6:36 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The death last night of a Gisborne mill worker has highlighted the EPMU’s concerns about safety at Juken Nissho Ltd plants. More >>

INL staff believe they can work with Fairfax

Monday, 14 April 2003, 2:38 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The union that represents newspaper workers says that it is glad the 72 titles in the INL publishing empire have gone to a publisher who cares about news. More >>

Striking mill workers head for HQ

Wednesday, 9 April 2003, 5:19 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Striking workers from the Kinleith pulp and paper mill are calling for Corporate responsibility and will take their protest to the boss tomorrow, picketing Carter Holt Harvey’s head office in Manukau, Auckland. More >>

NZ journos protest to US over deaths

Wednesday, 9 April 2003, 3:38 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

New Zealand journalists have joined the international condemnation of United States attacks which have left independent journalists dead and wounded. More >>

Govt power move welcome - union

Tuesday, 25 March 2003, 5:13 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The EPMU is welcoming the Government’s move to sort out problems in the electricity industry. More >>

Steel workers want urgent action on power crisis

Friday, 21 March 2003, 6:07 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Workers at the three Pacific Steel mills in Auckland have agreed to postpone talks for a new collective agreement in a bid to help the company ride out the electricity crisis. More >>

Mills stop work as power prices soar

Thursday, 20 March 2003, 1:34 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

The EPMU is calling on the Government to step in as the commercial power crisis hits workers in the manufacturing sector. More >>

Kinleith Update

Friday, 14 March 2003, 3:08 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

About 18 workers will return to work at the Kinleith pulp and paper mill this afternoon in order to start up chlorine production. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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