The EPMU is urging all members to attend the Council of Trade Unions' (CTU) "Fairness at Work" rallies in the four main centres at 1pm on Saturday...

Nearly 2000 engineering and manufacturing workers will have pay increases above inflation and an extra day holiday in 2011 after EPMU members voted overwhelmingly to ratify the Metals...

By Andrew Little, published in The New Zealand Herald. Changing laws doesn't create jobs and the Government's latest moves to erode workers' rights won't either. Whether it's...

By Andrew Little, published by The Press. The Government's recently announced changes to employment are niggardly and nasty. They won't improve a single wage packet or create a...

The EPMU will join with the CTU and other unions in opposing National's plans to extend its 90-day ‘fire at will' unfair dismissal law to all workplaces...

The Government this week released a discussion document proposing further erosion of New Zealanders' protections against unfair dismissal. The changes proposed in the discussion document include: Extending...

The Government must ensure its review of fair dismissal laws is based on evidence and is not simply an excuse to strip away rights to natural justice,...

The EPMU defended the rights of striking workers in the Supreme Court on Tuesday after Air New Zealand subsidiary Air Nelson won the right to challenge a...

Changes to ACC to hike levies and reduce coverage were passed into law this week with serious consequences for workers. The government has justified the changes with claims...

The CTU is calling on the government to shun Roger Douglas's youth minimum wage rates bill because it is discriminatory and will do nothing to ease unemployment, The...