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Waikato DHB staff strike for fair pay
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 9:05 am | Public Service Association
Clerical and administrative staff employed by the Waikato District Health Board begin two days of strike action at 7am tomorrow (Tuesday, 12 April 2005). More >>
Conservation funding boost welcomed
Monday, 11 April 2005, 8:08 am | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association (PSA) is welcoming the $24.6m funding boost for the Department of Conservation announced today by Conservation Minister Chris Carter. More >>
Balanced lives benefit workers and employers
Wednesday, 6 April 2005, 8:30 am | Public Service Association
A new resource document published today highlights the benefits for employers and workers of ensuring staff maintain a healthy balance between their paid work and other responsibilities. More >>
NZers will remember last time National slashed
Tuesday, 5 April 2005, 1:46 pm | Public Service Association
National’s promise to slash the public service to fund tax cuts will evoke strong memories for voters of a failing and seriously over-stretched state sector inherited by the incoming government in 1999, says the Public Service Association (PSA). More >>
Education sector review
Thursday, 31 March 2005, 3:54 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association (PSA) says the review of education agencies must focus on building strong public organisations. More >>
Industrial action on the cards at Waikato DHB
Thursday, 24 March 2005, 5:18 pm | Public Service Association
Industrial action by clerical and administrative staff at Waikato District Health Board is on the cards after the failure of yesterday’s mediation talks to resolve the pay dispute. More >>
DOC proposal a throw back to the nineties
Thursday, 24 March 2005, 4:07 pm | Public Service Association
New Zealand’s booming conservation-induced tourism industry would be put at risk if National’s proposal to break up the Department of Conservation were to get the go-ahead. More >>
PSA & WDHB to continue clerical pay talks
Monday, 21 March 2005, 8:51 am | Public Service Association
Mediation talks between the Public Service Association (PSA) and the Waikato District Health Board over stalled pay negotiations for clerical and administrative staff ended today without the parties reaching agreement. More >>
State services development plan welcomed
Friday, 18 March 2005, 1:16 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association (PSA) is welcoming the five-year development goals for public organisations announced by the State Services Commissioner today. More >>
Strong support for Waikato DHB clerical staff
Wednesday, 16 March 2005, 5:29 pm | Public Service Association
More than 1,000 Waikato District Health Board (WDHB) staff have signed a Public Service Association petition calling for a fair pay deal for clerical and administrative workers. More >>
Waikato DHB clerical staff anger sizzles
Wednesday, 16 March 2005, 7:45 am | Public Service Association
Waikato District Health Board (WDHB) clerical and administrative staff have voted to take industrial action to secure a better pay offer after negotiations for their Collective Agreement broke down two weeks ago. More >>
Good progress in lower North Island health talks
Monday, 14 March 2005, 9:29 am | Public Service Association
Pay talks for health workers at seven lower North Island district health boards are progressing well, their union, the Public Service Association (PSA), says. More >>
PSA targets quality jobs and quality pay
Monday, 7 March 2005, 12:40 am | Public Service Association
Public Service Association (PSA) members across the country are being briefed this week on the union’s plan to secure better pay and working conditions across the public sector. More >>
Survey: One in three prison staff trying to leave
Friday, 4 March 2005, 12:41 am | Public Service Association
A third (31%) of prison staff are actively seeking other employment and nine out of ten (91%) say they want to quit the Corrections department, a nationwide survey published by the Public Service Association (PSA) today reveals. More >>
Survey: One in three prison staff trying to leave
Friday, 4 March 2005, 12:02 am | Public Service Association
A third (31%) of prison staff are actively seeking other employment and nine out of ten (91%) say they want to quit the Corrections department, a nationwide survey published by the Public Service Association (PSA) today reveals. More >>
Paul Cochrane to leave PSA
Wednesday, 23 February 2005, 10:14 am | Public Service Association
Public Service Association National Secretary Paul Cochrane is to resign from his role in May, PSA President Keith Gutsell announced today. More >>
Paul Cochrane to leave PSA
Wednesday, 23 February 2005, 8:36 am | Public Service Association
Public Service Association National Secretary Paul Cochrane is to resign from his role in May, PSA President Keith Gutsell announced today. More >>
PSA lodges national pay claim for health workers
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 10:43 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association (PSA) has lodged a national pay claim which should mean all health workers end up with fair pay. More >>
Corrections must provide relocation costs
Friday, 18 February 2005, 12:58 am | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association (PSA) says it will be vigorously pursuing significant relocation costs for staff at Ohura Prison in the King Country, which the government announced today will close in November. More >>
Union outraged by beneficiary advocate’s comments
Monday, 14 February 2005, 4:39 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association (PSA) is expressing outrage at comments by the National Advocates Advisory Group suggesting that the unprovoked stabbing of a Hamilton Work and Income staff member was excusable because it was motivated by frustration. More >>