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Cunliffe fails to get union guarantee
Labour's largest affiliated union has sent a warning to leader not to assume it will back him again if he forces another leadership runoff.
$10m focus on engineers
The National Party wants to double the number of people studying engineering at university in a bid to get more graduates into jobs in the high-tech sector.
Rodney Hide: Unions buy their way to power
The true donations scandal in New Zealand politics was reported this week without comment. It's the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union's $60,000 donation to Labour.
EPMU pours money into Labour, Greens
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union has donated $60,000 to the Labour Party and $15,000 to the Green Party, the union announced this morning.
Drug policy 'completely misused'
A sawmilling company "completely misused" their drug and alcohol policy to drug test 190 staff after cannabis plants were found on company grounds, a union says.
Cunliffe brokers union deal on TPP
Labour leader David Cunliffe intervened in a meeting of affiliated unions at the party conference in Wigram to broker a compromise resolution on the Trans Pacific Partnership.
Bic could draw line through factory jobs
The words "Made in New Zealand" will disappear from Bic ballpoint pens if the company's cost-saving proposal to shift manufacturing overseas goes ahead.
Workers blame KiwiRail for lost hours
Sixty-four Dunedin manufacturing workers will have their working week reduced by a day, following KiwiRail's decision to award a manufacturing tender offshore.
Prospects 'limited' after job losses
Workers who will lose their jobs when the Summit Wool Spinners' Oamaru plant closes could struggle to find work and may have to move, the Otago Chamber of Commerce says.
192 jobs lost as Oamaru plant closes
Summit Wool Spinners' Oamaru plant - the second biggest employer in the town - is to close with the loss of 192 jobs
Mail delivery days could be halved
New Zealand Post’s proposal to reduce mail delivery service to as few as three times a week is unsustainable and unjustified, says the union for postal workers.
Engineer expands in mining sector
One of New Zealand's largest mechanical engineering firms has expanded its presence in the mining equipment sector through its acquisition of a North Island manufacturer.
Norske Skog cuts 110 jobs
Norske Skog said one of its two paper machines at the Tasman Mill at Kawerau would close as of today with the loss of 110 jobs.
Timber workers wait to hear their fate
Rotorua timber industry worker Daniel Mathew is philosophical about the possibility of losing his job.
Construction growth may be key
Manufactured exports have been faring much better than domestic sales.
NZ manufacturing 'in crisis'
Carter Holt Harvey has told staff it plans to cut around 70 jobs in Rotorua and Tokoroa before Christmas.