News from 2008-05

NZ Post negotiations resume this week off the back of hundreds of report-back meetings around the country where members have discussed and voted on the company's 3.75%...

National is playing a dangerous game with New Zealanders' futures by refusing to front on its plans for Kiwisaver contributions says the EPMU. The call follows National...

The EPMU will continue to campaign for the rights of its members this year despite an attempt by the National Party to gag the union from speaking...

Engineers at Air New Zealand are heading into their third week of an overtime ban and have also put a ban on towing aircraft as negotiations for...

The Meat Workers Union has won a quick victory at Levin Meats after picking up the cause of 18 non-union workers who took wildcat strike action two...

The EPMU says last week's Budget should be a start to provide help for working New Zealanders by aiming its tax cuts at low to moderate income...

Contractors are likely to have minimum wage protections extended to them after Labour MP Darien Fenton's Minimum Wage and Remuneration Amendment Bill passed its second reading on Wednesday. It...

More than seventy Downer EDI workers protested outside of Telecom's Auckland and Christchurch main offices last Wednesday as part of their campaign to get higher wages. They are...

The results of the EPMU's recent elections are in and counted and the results of contested positions are as follows: Senior regional convenor James Jackson 3 regional national...

Workers at PPCS's Oringi plant near Dannevirke are in shock after the company announced its intention to close the plant which employs nearly five hundred workers. While...