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EPMU members working in the plastics companies are currently voting on a settlement for the renewal of their industry agreement. Over the two year term of the proposed...

Hundreds of EPMU members, mainly from the plastics and metal manufacturing industries, gathered at offsite meetings last week in Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland, leaving standing room only. ‘I...

Mass member meetings planned for Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch next week will bring workers together across the manufacturing and plastics industries, says EPMU director of organising Rachel Mackintosh. ‘There's...

Late last year plastics industry workers decided to try something new in an effort to settle the industry agreement. Bargaining with a group of core employers in...

The seven employers involved in negotiations for the Plastics MECA agreed to mediation last week following three weeks of industrial action. Tensions have been high since workers started...

Three hundred plastics industry workers have started nationwide industrial action including go slows and overtime bans after their employers attempted to impose a wage freeze. The workers are...

Three hundred plastics industry workers have started nationwide industrial action including go slows and overtime bans today after their employers attempted to impose a wage freeze. The workers are...

EPMU members at Cryovac Sealed Air in Porirua have beaten a company-imposed wage freeze, winning a 2% pay rise as a result of industrial action. The industrial action...

Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union members at Cryovac Sealed Air in Porirua have beaten a company-imposed wage freeze, winning a 2% pay rise as a result of...

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 EPMU members at Cryovac Sealed Air in Porirua have begun industrial action over the company's attempt to...