Engineering News

Building effective health and safety systems for workers involved in the rebuild of Christchurch is a key objective for the country's largest private sector union, the EPMU, which...

Canterbury bus maker Designline has been placed in liquidation, but the doors are still open and workers have agreed to continue on a week-by-week basis. EPMU assistant national...

Thousands of cases of lung cancer in New Zealand may be the result of asbestos exposure, but the impact of this exposure on workers goes largely undetected...

The Building Trades Union (BTU) is continuing to progress amalgamation opportunities with EPMU, with the two unions increasingly working together across the country. Full amalgamation is due to...

EPMU membership for March 2011 shows signs of growth, with the number of members joining or rejoining over the past month exceeding resignations for the first time...

The EPMU welcomes today's announcement by General Cable that it will put off planned redundancies in Christchurch for the rest of 2011 following the February earthquake. "It's good...

Forty EPMU members at hi-tech Christchurch firm Scott Technology walked out on strike last week after they rejected the company's pay offer and demanded a fair share in...

Christchurch power line engineers in the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) held a one hour stop work meeting and rally at 8.30am on 6 August outside...

Nearly 2000 engineering and manufacturing workers will have pay increases above inflation and an extra day holiday in 2011 after EPMU members voted overwhelmingly to ratify the Metals...

Auckland StelTech engineers in the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) have won a three percent pay rise from the New Zealand Steel subsidiary following a two...