News from 2011

The union representing miners at Solid Energy's Huntly East operation, the EPMU, is confident there are good systems in place for health and safety management at the...

Building effective health and safety systems for workers involved in the rebuild of Christchurch is a key objective for the country's largest private sector union, the EPMU, which...

EPMU welcomes announcements made this week that will have a significant impact on health and safety in the mining industry. Ged O'Connell, Assistant National Secretary of the EMPU said...

Friends and workmates farewelled EPMU member Miles Hunter at a funeral service at Woodbourne air base near Blenheim last week (12 August). More than 250 people attended,...

An engineer has been killed this morning at an accident at SafeAir in Blenheim. SafeAir is a wholly owned subsidiary of Air New Zealand. The union is able...

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...

Australians are shocked at the gap between mines safety standards in Australia and New Zealand. Mine workers and their families have slammed safety standards as lax and described...

The government must take action now on improving underground mine safety rather than waiting for the Royal Commission on Pike River, the EPMU says. Prime Minister John Key...

The Government's admission that New Zealand's mine safety standards are below par means it should act now, not wait until the Royal Commission has finished its work,...

Unreported workplace accidents at Kiwi Steel have cost the company a hefty $237,500. One worker lost part of his finger in a guillotine, another had his foot...