News from 2011-07

Now that the first phase of the Commission on the Pike River Coal Mine Tragedy hearings has closed, our view of the appalling state of health and...

The EPMU has sent a message of solidarity to the Norwegian labour party and fraternal unions, following last week's bomb attack in central Oslo and the massacre...

The delegates forums scheduled for August and September are coming up fast, with the first forum scheduled to kick off in Whangarei on Monday 8 August. EPMU...

The country's largest private sector union has joined Labour in condemning Government inaction over youth unemployment. ‘Almost half the total number of unemployed in this country are young...

Mass member meetings planned for Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch next week will bring workers together across the manufacturing and plastics industries, says EPMU director of organising Rachel Mackintosh. ‘There's...

The EPMU has appointed organiser Ahlene McKee as a new lead organiser in Auckland. McKee will join director of organising Rachel Mackintosh, assistant director of organising Strachan Crang...

The cost of living and the declining value of wages are big issues, says the country's largest private sector union. Workers will be making realistic wage demands...

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The EPMU is calling for an immediate strengthening of the mines inspectorate, without waiting for the Royal Commission of Inquiry on the Pike River tragedy to issue...

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