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Carter Holt Harvey has informed staff it plans to cut around 70 jobs in Rotorua and Tokoroa before Christmas. Union members are meeting today to discuss the...

Christchurch-based Dynamic Controls has informed workers it intends to close its New Zealand manufacturing operations at a cost of 40-60 jobs due to the tough global economic environment. Dynamic...

National's hands-off approach to jobs is failing New Zealand workers and businesses, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. Unemployment is now at 7.3%, the highest rate seen...

Rakon's announcement that it plans to shift part of its production offshore at a cost of 60 redundancies is a sign the crisis in manufacturing is deepening,...

The Government's employment law changes announced today are an admission of its failure to provide good jobs and decent wages for Kiwi workers, says the Engineering, Printing...

The EPMU's Jobs Crisis Summit held today in Auckland has called for concrete action to tackle the jobs crisis and support high value manufacturing in New Zealand. The...

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing will hold an urgent summit on Friday aimed at tackling the jobs crisis and building a future for manufacturing in New Zealand. The...

*Media advisory* Rio Tinto's public denials that talks with Meridian Energy over the power contract for Tiwai Point have broken down are at odds with what company...

The union for workers at Tiwai Point aluminium smelter is calling on the Government to drop its hands-off approach and take action to save the smelter. The call...

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union says the Government's claim that mass redundancies are ‘inevitable' is a sign their ‘hands-off' approach to the economy has failed. The call...