Employers were last week expressing concern they would face heightened industrial action as unions fought to get pay rises and workplace rights in place before the election.
The prospect of a National-led government changing employment legislation in favour of employers was given as a reason.
Mr Little said in an interview that employers were realising they had to give their workers "decent pay rises" given current economic circumstances.
The EPMU had reached a 4.5% settlement with Air New Zealand engineering, a 12.5% agreement with New Zealand Post and a 13.5% agreement with New Zealand Steel.
All three agreements were over extended periods.
There had been some low-level industrial action with Air NZ, but generally the settlements were being reached without major disagreements, he said.
In general, employers were willing to settle around 4.5% to 5%.
However, the prospect of a National-led government changing workplace accident coverage through the privatisation of ACC would certainly spark industrial action.
"Our members have made it clear that if competition is introduced to ACC, and employers get the opportunity to decide who the workplace insurer is, they will treat it as an industrial issue and there will be industrial action."
The union would, from next month, hold 25 rallies involving its 50,000 members to raise the awareness about the importance of work rights and higher wages before the election.
Strong work rights were central to the wellbeing of workers and the economy and were a pivotal issues, Mr Little said.
"At a time when Kiwis are feeling the pinch from higher prices and political parties are talking about closing the wage gap with Australia, it's important voters understand the real solutions won't come from tax cuts but from stronger work rights and higher wages.
"New Zealand's wages are still recovering from the last time our work rights were stripped from us and we don't want to see it happen again."
Some of the work rights the union wanted strengthened included health and safety legislation, ACC and restructuring and redundancy laws.
Mr Little, who is tipped to become president of the Labour Party next year, was cautious when asked how much worker-favourable legislation he expected the Government to introduce before the election.
Legislation was in the hands of politicians, he said.
The union would focus on wage settlements.
