Plastics

The EPMU's Plastics Industry is the section of the EPMU that represents 3800 New Zealand workers from areas including blow moulding, injection moulding, extrusion, rotational moulding, and flexible and rigid packaging and printing in industries ranging from the rural sector through to food packaging.

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Latest Plastics News

  • Plastics nears sign-off
  • 19 February, 2010

    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...

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  • Plastics mediation follows third week of action
  • 4 December, 2009

    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...

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  • Plastics workers fight wage freeze
  • 13 November, 2009

    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...

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