News from 2008

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union welcomes the establishment of a taskforce on productivity and says strong workplace relations and decent training are essential elements to any long...

The Finance and Expenditure Select Committee's decision to keep the status quo on monetary policy is a lost opportunity for New Zealand's manufacturers and workers, says the Engineering,...

Consultation over proposed redundancies at Cadburys' Dunedin operations has finished and the union and the company will meet on Thursday to discuss the outcome and the timeline...

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union welcomes today's reduction in the official cash rate as a step toward easing pressure on New Zealand's exporting manufacturers. The call follows...

National's leaked Research, Science and Technology policy would reduce incentives for the private sector to invest in R&D at the very time New Zealand's manufacturing sector needs it...

Workers at Premier Bacon in Carterton have more than doubled union membership and won major increases in pay and conditions by standing together and sticking to their...

The Meat Workers Union has won a quick victory at Levin Meats after picking up the cause of 18 non-union workers who took wildcat strike action two...

Workers at PPCS's Oringi plant near Dannevirke are in shock after the company announced its intention to close the plant which employs nearly five hundred workers. While...

Workers affected by the closure of McCain Food's Timaru vegetable processing plant will have several months of consultation to get the best possible deal from the situation says...

New poultry processing guidelines to reduce campylobacter will be meaningless without decent training for all staff including temporary staff, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. The guidelines...