News from 2008-08

Workers at Blenheim-based aircraft engineering firm Safe Air have given the company fourteen days notice of industrial action after reaching an impasse in bargaining. The industrial action will...

The Work Rights wage drive finished its South Island leg on the 9th of August with over 3000 members from nine towns attending and endorsing the EPMU's...

Air New Zealand's catering contractor, LSG Sky Chefs, has been served notice of industrial action by EPMU and SFWU members after the company failed to provide a...

Ongoing challenges by the National Party to the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union's registration as a third party under the Electoral Finance Act are part of a...

EPMU members at Transfield's telecommunications division have rejected the lines company's latest offer but will continue to talk to the company. Transfield is one of Telecom's two major...

EPMU organisers have begun taking the Metals MECA out to sites as the first stage of the campaign to get subsequent parties signed up to the document. The...

null The EPMU's Work Rights Wage Drive kicked off in Christchurch on Friday with more than 1500 union members braving bitter weather to rally for stronger work...

Friday's Wage Drive rally in Christchurch saw the release of the EPMU's Work Rights Checklist - the minimum work rights standards the EPMU expects to see from...

The results are in from the NZ Post ratification ballot and the deal has been accepted by 75% of EPMU members. Ratification required 50% or more of...

The Council of Trade Unions has released a detailed analysis of the employment policy released by National last week. You can view the full analysis online here[http://union.org.nz/policy/ctu-critique-nationals-2008-employment-policy] or download...