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National Telecom strike begins
Monday, 24 August 2009, 9:38 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Up to 1000 Telecom lines engineers have begun nationwide strike action this morning to protest Telecom’s attacks on their incomes and employment rights. The one day strike coincides with the first day of operation by Telecom contractor Visionstream ... More >>
National day of Telecom strike action planned
Friday, 21 August 2009, 1:52 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Up to 900 Telecom lines engineers will be taking nationwide strike action on Monday to protest Telecom’s attacks on their incomes and employment rights. The strike coincides with the first redundancies in Auckland and Northland and follows a series ... More >>
Workers start industrial action at NZ Post ECL
Wednesday, 19 August 2009, 4:41 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Negotiations at New Zealand Post’s largest subsidiary, ECL, have broken down and workers have voted for industrial action says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union The industrial action, which has begun with a work-to-rule in Wellington and ... More >>
Sick telco industry needs govt intervention - EPMU
Tuesday, 18 August 2009, 1:43 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
This morning’s announcement of 125 redundancies by major Telecom contractor, Transfield, just weeks after they secured a ten year contract shows Telecom’s failure to properly fund the network, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. The union ... More >>
Closure shows need for redundancy protection
Tuesday, 18 August 2009, 1:41 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
News that Lower Hutt buggy manufacturer Tritec will be laying off 45 staff without redundancy compensation shows the urgent need for all parties to support Darien Fenton’s Redundancy Protection Bill, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. ... More >>
Telecom strike pauses but broadband ban begins
Thursday, 13 August 2009, 10:45 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Striking Telecom lines engineers have returned to work but are implementing an indefinite ban on broadband work as part of the ongoing dispute over attempts to force them into dependent contracting arrangements, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing ... More >>
Telecom strike heads into day two
Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 10:08 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Nine hundred Telecom lines engineers are continuing nationwide strike action today. The action will include a mass protest in Auckland outside Telecom house at 10am this morning. The strike action, which has already led to delays in fault repairs ... More >>
Telco workers take lightning strike action
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 4:08 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
More than a hundred telecommunications engineers in Auckland’s North Shore have started lightning strike action to protest moves by Telecom to force them into becoming dependent contractors – a situation that would dramatically decrease their incomes. More >>
More telco workers join strike action
Friday, 24 July 2009, 12:21 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Telecom’s Rotorua and Whakatane-based field technicians have joined the nationwide lines engineer strike as of midday today. The 48 Rotorua and Whakatane EPMU members are employed by Telecom’s Australian-owned contractor Transfield Services. The ... More >>
Telecom lines engineers nationwide strike
Friday, 24 July 2009, 10:17 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Telecom lines engineers are taking nationwide strike action today over their employer’s refusal to offer redundancy protection at a time of uncertainty in the industry. The lines engineers are employed by Telecom’s Australian-owned contractor Transfield ... More >>
Brash appointment signals trouble for Kiwi workers
Tuesday, 21 July 2009, 3:53 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The Government’s decision to appoint Don Brash to chair the 2025 productivity taskforce signals trouble for workers, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. The union is concerned the appointment indicates the government expects outcomes ... More >>
Metals MECA settles
Thursday, 9 July 2009, 4:12 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Nearly 2000 engineering and manufacturing workers will have redundancy protection after EPMU members voted overwhelmingly to ratify the Metals & Manufacturing multi-employer collective agreement. More >>
Members to campaign against dependent contracting
Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 10:16 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union delegates from the telecommunication sector will meet in Auckland next Wednesday to plan the details of their campaign to stop Visionstream’s dependent contractor model. More >>
Fairfax wage freeze claims incorrect - EPMU
Friday, 3 July 2009, 9:04 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Claims by management at the Fairfax-owned Nelson Mail that a wage freeze has been imposed on staff at the paper are incorrect, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. The wage freeze claims were made in the Nelson Mail by the newspaper’s management, ... More >>
EMA should stick to the facts
Wednesday, 10 June 2009, 11:37 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Claims by the Employers and Manufacturers Association that personal grievances are out of control fly in the face of extensive independent research, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. A Department of Labour study into personal grievances ... More >>
Workers should not pay the price for swine flu
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 3:17 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Workers should not bear the costs of work-related swine flu exposure, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. The call follows the quarantining of several EPMU members and the tightening of quarantine regulations. EPMU national secretary Andrew ... More >>
EPMU welcomes Zeal solidarity protest
Thursday, 4 June 2009, 3:02 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Australian transport unions stopped traffic at the busiest intersection in Brisbane’s travel district late yesterday afternoon in support of EPMU Zeal 320 members who are in dispute with Air New Zealand. The protest was eventually stopped by police. ... More >>
EPMU statement on Air NZ restructuring
Friday, 29 May 2009, 3:13 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union will work vigorously to protect the interests of its members at Air New Zealand as the airline proposes restructuring. The proposal will affect EPMU members at Airport Services and Zeal 320 Ltd. EPMU ... More >>
Budget fails Kiwi workers - EPMU
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 4:50 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The budget delivered today has failed to provide job security for New Zealand workers and will only deepen the recession, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. While the extra funding for the Greens’ insulation fund is welcome the majority ... More >>
Receiverships show construction needs protecting
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 4:50 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Concerns about the future of Kawarau Falls Station show the need for increased union membership in the construction sector to ensure workers are not left to bear the brunt in the recession-hit industry, say the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing ... More >>
