News from 2007

Workers at Scott Automation continued their overtime ban this week but have put plans for future lightning strike action on hold as mediation and subsequent negotiations continue. The dispute...

Workers at Atlas engineering in Auckland have taken more lightning strike action this morning after the company repeatedly refused to maintain their week’s service leave. The action follows...

More than thirty EPMU members at United Containers Ltd took a lightning two hour strike and picket action on Tuesday to protest the fact they can be...

The Council of Trade Unions says a report by the right-wing Centre for Independent Studies comparing New Zealand wages with those in Australia doesn’t make sense. The report,...

Thai unionist Thanetn Jhanluechai, has returned to work after an international campaign[2007_11_30_Rank.asp] against Rank-owned company SIG. The campaign began after Jhanluechai was harrased for encouraging union members in the...

Delegates at Fisher and Paykel Health Care got their first session of their monthly onsite delegate training last week – a condition they won as part of...

The EPMU has invited call centre company Sitel to mediation to negotiate a decent redundancy deal for the 110 Palmerston North workers who are losing their jobs...

One hundred and ten workers at call centre company Sitel’s Palmerston North site have been told they’re out of a job because their Yellow Pages work has...

The EPMU’s food industry sector is set for shake up, with a new National Industry Organiser at the helm and the first industry council in more than...

Ninety-five EPMU members at Scott Automation walked off the job on Thursday and Friday in protest against the company’s refusal to offer them a decent increase in...