News from 2007-10

More than 200 EPMU members from across Hawke’s Bay attended a mass member meeting on Wednesday to discuss the union’s campaign plans for 2008. The meeting came off...

The negotiating team for the Plastics MECA entered mediation with employer parties on Friday morning in an attempt to block an impasse in negotiations. Mediation was expected to...

The EPMU says National’s call for extensive tax cuts is a hollow call from a party that still has no answer on improving wages and whose real...

The government announced this week that it will introduce changes ensuring that employer payments for employee relocation expenses and overtime meal allowances are not taxable to the employees...

Contact Energy’s natural gas power station in New Plymouth has been shut down after asbestos was discovered there late last month. The asbestos was discovered in pipe lagging...

The EPMU says New Zealand can not afford to drag its heels on climate change, but our policy response must ensure a just transition for workers in...

Labour Day is a special day for New Zealand unionists. It’s the day we celebrate union members working together to win the eight hour day, a work...

The EPMU will highlight the importance of workers’ rights this Labour Weekend in a media campaign aimed at major newspapers and radio stations across the country. The campaign...

The union negotiating team for the Plastics MECA met with employers on Friday. No agreement was reached and it is likely the dispute will be referred to mediation. We’ll...

Outgoing CTU president Ross Wilson has used his speech opening the CTU conference in Wellington to highlight the importance of the political role of unions. Wilson has served...