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The EPMU is disappointed at Rio Tinto's decision to appeal an Employment Relations Authority ruling requiring the company to pay workers back for leave it owes them...

Workers at the Tiwai Point smelter are owed back pay from their employer for annual leave they were legally entitled to but never received, the Employment Relations...

The Government's new procurement guidelines are a missed opportunity to support New Zealand manufacturing, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. The new guidelines help to simplify the...

Workers at Mercer Stainless have walked off the job today in protest against management attempts to slash their redundancy entitlements and annual leave. The strike began at 12pm...

Plastic packaging manufacturer Sealed Air has told workers at its Rotorua plant it intends to phase down production and close the plant by mid-2014. The proposed closure would...

The union for workers at Tiwai Point says the Government needs to give Southlanders an assurance it will continue to fight for the smelter's future. "News that Rio...

The union for workers at Tiwai Point aluminium smelter says the Government's decision to intervene in talks between Meridian and the smelter's owners is welcome, but the situation...

Government action to bring New Zealand's overvalued exchange rate into balance is crucial if New Zealand is going to lift wages, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. The...

Joint media release: EPMU & FIRST Union Summit Wool Spinners has this afternoon informed staff it will close its Oamaru plant, citing the high exchange rate as a...

New Zealand needs a national manufacturing strategy to drive economic growth and provide secure, well-paid jobs for New Zealand workers, the EPMU told the Parliamentary Inquiry into Manufacturing...