Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) was the largest private sector trade union in New Zealand. It was formed in 1996 by the merger of the Engineers' Union (EU), the Printing, Packaging and Manufacturing Union (PPMU), and the Communications and Energy Workers' Union (CEWU).

EPMU

Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union
Founded	1996
Dissolved	October 2015
Location	New Zealand
Members	46,000
Key people	Don Pryde, president Bill Newson, national secretary
Affiliations	NZCTU, Labour Party
Website	www.epmu.org.nz

The EPMU represented workers in eleven industries, including:

• Engineering
• Print & Media
• Manufacturing
• Telecommunications
• Timber
• Aviation
• Plastics
• Postal & Logistics
• Petrochemical & Extractive
• Public Services & Infrastructure
• Food

The EPMU had 40,000 members and was affiliated with the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and the New Zealand Labour Party. It was also an affiliate of the International Federation of Journalists. In October 2015, it merged with the Service & Food Workers Union to form E tū.^[1]