News from 2011

The union representing miners at Solid Energy's Huntly East operation, the EPMU, is confident there are good systems in place for health and safety management at the...

The EPMU wants an appeal against a Taranaki drilling company's consent fast-tracked so that workers have some certainty about what's happening with their jobs in the run up...

The EPMU is welcoming Labour's health and safety policy, announced this week, saying it signals a move away from the hands-off, self regulation approach that has been...

EPMU welcomes announcements made this week that will have a significant impact on health and safety in the mining industry. Ged O'Connell, Assistant National Secretary of the EMPU said...

The union representing most underground coal miners and oil and gas industry workers has welcomed the government's high hazards unit as a good start but says more...

Now that the first phase of the Commission on the Pike River Coal Mine Tragedy hearings has closed, our view of the appalling state of health and...

The EPMU is calling for an immediate strengthening of the mines inspectorate, without waiting for the Royal Commission of Inquiry on the Pike River tragedy to issue...

Australians are shocked at the gap between mines safety standards in Australia and New Zealand. Mine workers and their families have slammed safety standards as lax and described...

The government must take action now on improving underground mine safety rather than waiting for the Royal Commission on Pike River, the EPMU says. Prime Minister John Key...

The Government's admission that New Zealand's mine safety standards are below par means it should act now, not wait until the Royal Commission has finished its work,...