Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union

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Full name E tū Members 46,000 Country New Zealand		Founded 1996 Affiliation NZCTU, Labour Party
Key people Don Pryde, presidentBill Newson, national secretary

E tū is 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).

The EPMU represents workers in eleven industries, including:

Engineering

Print & Media

Manufacturing

Telecommunications

Timber

Aviation

Plastics

Postal & Logistics

Petrochemical & Extractive

Public Services & Infrastructure

Food

The EPMU has 40,000 members and is affiliated with the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and the New Zealand Labour Party. It is also an affiliate of the International Federation of Journalists.

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