Manufacturing

With 9000 members across nearly 3000 sites, Manufacturing is the EPMU's largest industry and covers areas including metals manufacturing, chemical manufacturing and appliance and industrial maintenance as well as the automotive industry. The Metal and Manufacturing industry's main Collective Agreement is also the EPMU's largest Multi Employer Collective Agreement (MECA).

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Latest Manufacturing News

  • Rio Tinto appeal disappointing
  • 13 May, 2013

    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...

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  • EPMU wins Tiwai Point leave case
  • 7 May, 2013

    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...

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  • Government should Buy Kiwi Made
  • 24 April, 2013

    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...

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