News from 2008

EPMU and MUNZ delegates and officials met in New Plymouth on Wednesday to start planning an organisational drive in the regions oil and gas industry. The meeting is...

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union welcomes the government's announcement that it will develop further measures to improve mine safety and expects that to include legislation for health...

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The EPMU has welcomed the government's announcement that it will develop further measures to improve mine safety...

Negotiations for the first ever collective at Stracon mining are underway with thirty of the gold mining company's fifty staff now unionised. The company is currently contracted to...

Proposed changes to ACC are too important to New Zealand workers to play politics on says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union The changes, which are due...

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union says businesses must use the Government's decision to delay the phase out of free carbon allocations as an opportunity to make their...

The government's discussion paper on mine safety is a good step but the process now needs to move faster says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. The paper...

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...

The historic West Coast town of Blackball will mark the centenary of the landmark Blackball Miners' Strike next month with a three-day celebration that is expected to...

** The conviction of the Black River Mining company for unsafe work practices causing death further confirms the urgent need for mine check inspectors says the Engineering, Printing...