Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union - Latest News [Page 9]
Masport workers strike
Thursday, 4 December 2008, 11:33 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
More than seventy Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union and Moulders Union members at Masport are taking strike action in protest at the iconic company's below-inflation pay offer of 3%. More >>
Air NZ tragedy - EPMU expresses condolences
Friday, 28 November 2008, 1:09 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union and its members express sincere condolences to the New Zealand families who lost loved ones in the Air New Zealand Airbus 320 tragedy. More >>
Productivity debate must include workers
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 9:40 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union welcomes the establishment of a taskforce on productivity and says strong workplace relations and decent training are essential elements to any long term improvement. More >>
EPMU election donations
Thursday, 6 November 2008, 10:58 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The EPMU’s contributions to political parties for the 2008 election are as follows: More >>
Safety measures must include check inspectors
Friday, 31 October 2008, 12:05 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union welcomes the government's announcement that it will develop further measures to improve mine safety and expects that to include legislation for health and safety check inspectors. More >>
EPMU survey shows political divide on work rights
Thursday, 30 October 2008, 12:14 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Results from the EPMU Work Rights Survey show a clear division between the political parties that support Kiwi workers and those that want to take their rights away, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. More >>
EPMU welcomes Labour's employment relations policy
Monday, 27 October 2008, 5:11 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union says Labour's employment relations policy will provide security for workers and their families in a time of increasing economic uncertainty. More >>
Contact directors' fees show system broken - EPMU
Thursday, 23 October 2008, 9:47 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Contact Energy's plans to double its directors' fees is an outrageous move given the rates they pay their workers and their recent increase in power prices, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. More >>
Interwaste workers strike over cuts
Tuesday, 21 October 2008, 12:25 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union members at Interwaste are taking strike action after the airline service company tried to halve their sick leave, reduce their redundancy and offered a pay increase of only 3%. More >>
Croxley workers strike
Friday, 17 October 2008, 1:06 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
More than a hundred Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union and National Distribution Union members at Croxley are taking strike action after the stationery manufacturer attempted to cut nearly a million dollars out of their wages and conditions during ... More >>
Increased training is smart economics - EPMU
Monday, 13 October 2008, 9:17 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Labour’s training policy announced today shows real vision for the future of New Zealand’s economy and for the future of New Zealand workers says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. More >>
Redundancy policy shows vision – EPMU
Thursday, 9 October 2008, 1:55 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Labour’s policy to consult over minimum redundancy rights for workers would help ensure fairness and security in work during rough economic times says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. More >>
Top earners win, workers and economy lose
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 3:23 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
National’s tax cut package will see high income earners benefit at the cost of working families and New Zealand’s economic future, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. More >>
A decent life starts with decent work
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 11:05 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Today is World Day for Decent Work and to mark the day the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union is pushing the message of Fair Rights, Fair Pay and a Fair Deal for workers here and around the world with their “They Stand for Greed/We ... More >>
PREFU shows more tax cuts not the answer
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 8:54 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union says the bleak pre-election economic and fiscal update shows the answer to lifting incomes is through higher wages, not through hollowing out the government’s accounts with further tax cuts. More >>
Settlement reached at Fitzroy Engineering
Friday, 3 October 2008, 3:44 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union members at Fitzroy Engineering have voted to accept a pay offer from the company, averting strike action at Taranaki’s biggest engineering firm and a major contractor to the region’s oil and gas industry. More >>
Protest convoy in Hamilton today over Transfield
Friday, 3 October 2008, 12:11 am | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union members at Telecom broadband contractor Transfield will be holding a protest convoy through the streets of Hamilton today to protest redundancies caused by the two companies’ failure to sort out their ... More >>
Transfield workers to picket Telecom AGM - EPMU
Wednesday, 1 October 2008, 1:06 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Transfield workers will be picketing outside Telecom's AGM tomorrow morning to protest the company's strong-arm tactics which are putting 1400 jobs and the future of the telecommunications sector at risk. More >>
Lumbercorp strike to continue
Monday, 29 September 2008, 1:35 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union members at Waikato timber treatment plant Lumbercorp have voted to extend their strike action indefinitely at a meeting this morning. More >>
Telco redundancies foreshadow industry problems
Thursday, 25 September 2008, 2:20 pm | Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
Redundancies announced today at key Telecom contractor, Transfield, may be the beginning of a destabilising shift in the telecommunications landscape says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. More >>