News from 2010

We draw to a close a year that has brought many challenges. We've had everything thrown at us. A sluggish economy meaning the job market is still...

More than a month after the first in a series of explosions that killed 29 men in the Pike River coal mine the men's bodies still have...

The EPMU will redouble its efforts to provide workers with a stronger, more effective voice in workplace health and safety in 2011 in the aftermath of the...

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) has received with thanks messages of support and condolences for the families of the 29 men killed in the Pike...

ACC privatisation plans unveiled today by National and ACT are unnecessary and unfair, says the EPMU. "Plans to privatise ACC unveiled today by National and ACT are unnecessary...

New Zealanders ought to be deeply concerned at the government's willingness to change our labour laws at the behest of US entertainment corporation Warner Bros earlier this year,...

The EPMU has welcomed decisions by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) and New Zealand Transport Minister Steven Joyce approving a merger between Air New Zealand and...

The Engineeering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) represents members in the New Zealand mining sector. This page is updated as new information becomes available: Redundant miners' Welfare Committee...

Forty EPMU members at hi-tech Christchurch firm Scott Technology walked out on strike last week after they rejected the company's pay offer and demanded a fair share in...

TV3's "60 Minutes" investigation into safety at the Pike River coal mine was broadcast on 15 December 2010. You can now watch it online via the following...