News from 2010

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 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...

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...

The Government must place the issue of mine check inspectors squarely before the Pike River Commission of Inquiry, the EPMU is saying today following 60 Minutes' "Blood...

At 3.37pm on Friday 19 November there was a huge gas explosion at the Pike River coal mine near Greymouth. Of the 31 men in the mine...

The EPMU is today calling for the appointment of a workplace health and safety practitioner on the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Pike River mine disaster....

News that partners from PricewaterhouseCoopers have been appointed as receivers of Pike River Coal Ltd today is very concerning, says the EPMU, the union representing coal miners at...

One hundred and eighty gas and power line engineers in the EPMU around the North Island have called off planned strike action following a new offer from...

The Engineering, Printing & Manufacturing Union (EPMU) today welcomed the Prime Minister's proposal to make the Commission of Inquiry into the Pike River mine disaster a Royal Commission. "When...

The Engineering, Printing & Manufacturing Union (EPMU) is setting up a fund for the 29 families affected by the Pike River mine tragedy. "Eleven of the 16...