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News from 2008-03

 

 

 

For all media enquiries please contact EPMU communications advisor Rob Egan on 027 276 5146 or Neale Jones on 027 276 7609.

 

  • National has no credibility on wages
  • 31 March, 2008

    National's continued attempts to portray New Zealand's low wages as a tax issue is politics at its most cynical, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. The call...

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  • Telecom must front - EPMU
  • 28 March, 2008

    Telecom must front up with the money for proper pay and conditions for telecommunications workers, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union's Electrical and Communications Industry Council. The council...

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  • Meal-break law about fairness
  • 25 March, 2008

    The new meal-break law will make a huge difference to tens of thousands of New Zealand workers says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. While nearly all unionised...

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  • EPMU celebrates Blackball solidarity
  • 20 March, 2008

    The centenary of the Blackball mining strike is a time to reflect on the importance of the union movement in New Zealand's society says the Engineering, Printing...

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  • AA technicians restart industrial action campaign
  • 20 March, 2008

    Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union members at the Automobile Association have restarted their industrial action campaign. The roadside technicians, who voted to reject the association's last offer, will not...

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  • Engineers strike for fair overtime rates
  • 18 March, 2008

    Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union members at Stevenson Engineering in East Tamaki will begin two days of strike action tomorrow morning in protest at the company's refusal to...

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  • Wage talks breakdown bad for Telecom broadband network
  • 17 March, 2008

    Bargaining between members of the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union and Telecom contractor Downer Engineering broke down on Friday. The breakdown came after the telco advised it did...

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  • Ecolab workers suspend strike for mediation
  • 17 March, 2008

    Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing members at Ecolab in Hamilton have put their industrial action on hold in advance of mediation with the company tomorrow morning. The workers began...

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  • AA workers reject deal - EPMU
  • 17 March, 2008

    Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union members at the Automobile Association have voted to reject the organisation's latest pay offer and will meet this week to discuss their next...

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  • Council workers strike to keep bargaining rights
  • 14 March, 2008

    Forty-five Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union members in the New Plymouth District Council parks division began strike action at 4pm today after nearly eight months of stalled bargaining. The...

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