News from 2011

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...