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Whole country needs focus on mental health
Thursday, 11 June 2015, 3:47 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association (PSA) welcomes today’s announcement of $500,000 extra funding for mental health initiatives that target rural communities, but wants to see a funding boost for others as well. More >>
Local govt workers pleased amalgamation will not go ahead
Wednesday, 10 June 2015, 3:00 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association (PSA) says workers at the three Northland councils under threat from amalgamation are pleased that the Local Government Commission will not be going ahead with their proposal. More >>
Risks to services and staff must be managed in amalgamation
Wednesday, 10 June 2015, 10:52 am | PSA
The Public Service Association (PSA) says that following a Local Government Commission decision to go ahead with the next step in local government amalgamation in Hawkes Bay, the real risks to staff and services must be addressed. More >>
Residents’ voices heard loud and clear
Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 4:38 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association (PSA) is glad the Local Government Commission listened to the overwhelming feedback against their proposal for local government amalgamation in the Greater Wellington region. More >>
Leaks on secretive trade agreement mean Govt must come clean
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 1:59 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association (PSA) says the Government must come clean on New Zealand’s role in negotiating the secretive Trade in Services Agreement (TISA), which could remove New Zealanders rights to quality, well regulated public services. More >>
PSA welcomes Hawke’s Bay DHB’s decision on food services
Wednesday, 27 May 2015, 11:07 pm | PSA
The PSA welcomes Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s decision to reject Health Benefits Limited’s proposal to outsource food services to multi-national company Compass Group. More >>
Core government cap disappointing and disingenuous
Wednesday, 27 May 2015, 4:44 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association (PSA) says the Government’s continued focus on capping the size of core government administration is counter to providing New Zealanders with the services they need and depend on. More >>
Relationships Aotearoa closed down for speaking up?
Wednesday, 27 May 2015, 2:23 pm | PSA
Kerry Davies, PSA assistant national secretary, said “There are a lot of questions about how things ended up at this stage with Relationships Aotearoa now being closed.” More >>
Budget 2015 shows no plans for public sector wages
Thursday, 21 May 2015, 4:53 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association (PSA) says this budget does not address the wage rises needed across the public sector. More >>
Fewer prison jobs to go, but privatisation still a problem
Friday, 15 May 2015, 1:55 pm | PSA
Fewer prison jobs to go, but privatisation still a problem The Public Service Association (PSA) is pleased that the Department of Corrections has reduced the number of jobs to be cut nationwide by 68 from their original proposal. More >>
Invoice for $294,827,136 presented to Treasury
Monday, 11 May 2015, 1:01 pm | PSA
Invoice for $294,827,136 presented to Treasury by women public servants Women members of the Public Service Association (PSA) took an invoice for $294,827,136 to The Treasury this afternoon, representing the 14.1% gender pay gap in the public service. More >>
Tāmaki housing shift will make things harder
Thursday, 30 April 2015, 12:37 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association (PSA) says the Government’s decision to transfer 2800 properties from Housing NZ to the Tāmaki Redevelopment Company (TRC) makes no sense when the roles of the two organisations are completely different. More >>
Health workers to protest for better mental health services
Friday, 17 April 2015, 10:45 am | PSA
Waikato DHB mental health workers, members of the PSA, will protest on Friday April 17 for the inaugural Better, Safer, Fairer day in support of their system for rostering that the DHB is currently proposing to scrap, to the detriment of mental health staff ... More >>
Union merger gives local government sector a stronger voice
Wednesday, 1 April 2015, 2:57 pm | PSA
On 1 April 2015 the Southern Local Government Officers Union (SLGOU) and the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi (PSA) merged. Already New Zealand’s largest union, the merger brings the PSA’s membership to nearly 62,000. National ... More >>
SSC review a chance to make sure mistakes aren’t repeated
Friday, 5 December 2014, 3:28 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association (PSA) says the State Services Commission (SSC) review of how bullying and harassment complaints are handled is sorely needed to ensure all public servants are supported to challenge poor workplace behaviours. More >>
PSA to support members through job loss at MSD
Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 9:45 am | PSA
The Public Service Association (PSA) says it will be doing all it can to support its members whose jobs are among the 98 positions to be disestablished at the Ministry of Social Development (MSD). More >>
Stats NZ only have themselves to blame for postponement
Friday, 31 October 2014, 4:19 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association (PSA) says Statistics NZ only have themselves to blame for the indefinite postponement of the release of the Food Price Index: November 2014. More >>
Public services held back by poor workplace culture
Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 9:38 am | PSA
A new report by Victoria University’s Centre for Labour, Employment and Work shows that public servants are working significant unpaid overtime to ensure the public services New Zealanders value are able to continue. More >>
Petrol attack shows lessons must be applied
Monday, 13 October 2014, 4:14 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association (PSA) says the lessons being learned from the killings at Ashburton WINZ must be applied wider than just the core public service, following a petrol attack on the Manawatu District Council office this morning. More >>
Inquiry to social service provision should be a genuine
Tuesday, 7 October 2014, 11:41 am | PSA
The Public Service Association says that the Productivity Commission’s inquiry on more effective social services is a chance to genuinely evaluate what currently works and what doesn’t. More >>
