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Investment in public services critical
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 4:14 pm | Public Service Association
Extra funding and resources announced in the budget for public services are welcome and come at a critical time for some agencies, PSA national secretary Richard Wagstaff said today. More >>
Competition between SOEs untenable
Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 12:28 am | Public Service Association
Conflict between state-owned enterprises ASURE New Zealand Ltd and Agriquality New Zealand Ltd could compromise New Zealand’s defence response to exotic disease outbreaks such as foot and mouth and anthrax, PSA national secretary Richard Wagstaff said ... More >>
National’s got it wrong re probation
Monday, 5 May 2003, 4:42 pm | Public Service Association
National MP Tony Ryall is way off the mark with his statements about the Probation Service, PSA national secretary Richard Wagstaff said today. More >>
May Day extra significance for Public Sector
Thursday, 1 May 2003, 5:33 pm | Public Service Association
May Day is especially significant for PSA and many of its members in the public service, PSA national secretary Richard Wagstaff said today. More >>
PSA welcomes more resources for Probation Service
Monday, 28 April 2003, 3:29 pm | Public Service Association
The announcement of extra probation officers and increases to probation service training budgets is very welcome news, PSA national secretary Lynn Middleton said today. More >>
Need to ensure power savings monitored
Monday, 28 April 2003, 3:22 pm | Public Service Association
PSA is supportive of the Government’s move to set electricity savings targets for the state sector but there would be a need to ensure there was no compromise to health and safety, and minimal disruption to public services, PSA national secretary Paul ... More >>
Auckland City Council doesn’t get the message
Friday, 11 April 2003, 9:55 am | Public Service Association
Auckland City Council obviously doesn’t get, or is ignoring, the message given to it by the Employment Court last month, PSA national secretary Richard Wagstaff said today. More >>
Auckland City Council doesn’t get the message
Friday, 11 April 2003, 8:55 am | Public Service Association
Auckland City Council obviously doesn’t get, or is ignoring, the message given to it by the Employment Court last month, PSA national secretary Richard Wagstaff said today. More >>
Court finds Auck City Council’s actions unlawful
Monday, 24 March 2003, 5:01 pm | Public Service Association
A decision handed down on Friday by the full Employment Court requiring Auckland City Council to consult with the PSA under the good faith provisions of the Employment Relations Act is a victory for workers, unions, and the Act, PSA national secretary ... More >>
Changes to public services positive move
Wednesday, 12 March 2003, 3:45 pm | Public Service Association
The announcement by State Services Minister Trevor Mallard of the integration of the Early Childhood Development Agency into the Ministry of Education and of reviews of the Ministries of Youth Affairs and Women’s Affairs is a positive step, PSA national ... More >>
Pay gap undermining women’s options, says PSA
Friday, 7 March 2003, 3:31 pm | Public Service Association
In the week leading up to International Women’s Day, on March 8, the PSA launched It’s Time: Pay and Employment Equity Agenda, an ongoing plan of activities to remove the pay gap that exists between men and women. More >>
Pay and Employment Equity – It’s time
Thursday, 6 March 2003, 10:04 am | Public Service Association
New Zealand could halve its pay gap by 2005 and lead the world again, as we did when New Zealand women were the first to get the vote, PSA national secretary Lynn Middleton said today. More >>
Probation Officers not to blame
Friday, 14 February 2003, 4:38 pm | Public Service Association
Probation officers should not be blamed for mistakes in the probation system, PSA national secretary Richard Wagstaff said today. More >>
Court highlights problems in Auckland mental healt
Tuesday, 31 December 2002, 12:06 pm | Public Service Association
PSA Auckland mental health nurses are being required by the Employmernt Court to continue working in what is freely acknowledged to be a highly volatile and dangerous environment. More >>
Mental Health Review Outcome Supports Workers
Friday, 20 December 2002, 11:40 am | Public Service Association
The review findings vindicate the actions taken by Mental Health nurses across Auckland over the past few months. They show that the service has major gaps, is fragmented and is under-funded, PSA national secretary Richard Wagstaff said today. More >>
Workers fight application for injunction today
Friday, 20 December 2002, 9:48 am | Public Service Association
PSA Auckland mental health workers are challenging an application for an interim injunction filed yesterday by Counties Manukau District Health Board in the Employment Court seeking to prevent industrial action over the Christmas break, PSA national ... More >>
PSA Auckland mental health workers challenge injun
Friday, 20 December 2002, 1:03 am | Public Service Association
PSA Auckland mental health workers are challenging an application for an interim injunction filed today by Counties Manukau District Health Board in the Employment Court seeking to prevent industrial action over the Christmas break, PSA national ... More >>
Mental health patients charged with offences
Thursday, 12 December 2002, 9:56 am | Public Service Association
Mental health patients charged with offence to keep in cells... Auckland mental health clients who are kept in police cells for longer than six hours are now being charged with a minor offence so they can stay in the cells, PSA national secretary Richard ... More >>
Hospital workers disappointed and angry
Tuesday, 10 December 2002, 5:16 pm | Public Service Association
PSA allied health clerical and mental health members at Otago District Health Board are angry and disappointed at the way they have been treated by the Board over the last year, PSA organiser Rex Askerud said today. More >>
Meat inspectors are not criminals
Tuesday, 10 December 2002, 3:50 pm | Public Service Association
The PSA is concerned at recent media coverage which portrays meat inspectors and the meat inspection service in a poor light, PSA national secretary Richard Wagstaff said today. More >>
