NZ Refining agrees 3-year collective contract with First Union, EPMU

NZ Refining agrees 3-year collective contract with First Union, EPMU
By Jonathan Underhill Sept. 17 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand Refining, the nation's only oil refinery, said it has agreed to a three-year collective contract with the First Union and the New Zealand Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union, which represent about half its workforce.  The new contract will run through until June 2018. A year ago, the two unions served notice of a two-day strike, a move the company said could result in $8 million to $9 million of lost processing fees, a step which was averted by more bargaining. NZ Re...