The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) was the largest private sector

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. 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 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

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and the

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. It was also an affiliate of the

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. In October 2015, it merged with the

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to form

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