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Apprentices needed in public service - PSA
Wednesday, 22 March 2000, 12:49 am | Public Service Association
The government's Modern Apprenticeship Scheme should be extended to the public service, the country's biggest state sector union - the PSA - said today. More >>
New Laws Allow For Public Service Re-building
Tuesday, 14 March 2000, 2:36 pm | Public Service Association
The PSA – New Zealand’s 45,000 strong public sector union – today said there was ‘much in the proposed industrial laws to give us confidence there can be a significant re-building of the capacity of the public service.’ More >>
Probation officers deserve ‘a fair go’ – PSA
Tuesday, 14 March 2000, 11:03 am | Public Service Association
The PSA – the union representing the two suspended Auckland probation officers - has called for ‘some basic fairness and common-sense, particularly from the media’ over the allegations ‘ which are just that – unproven and unsubstantiated.’ More >>
IRD staff are people too – even Bob!
Thursday, 9 March 2000, 4:22 pm | Public Service Association
The portrayal of ‘Bob’ as the less than popular tax worker – in Inland Revenue’s $2.8 million advertising campaign only ‘serves to further downgrade the role and value of public servants,’ the PSA said today. More >>
Commitment to public service spending essential
Wednesday, 8 March 2000, 3:51 pm | Public Service Association
The clear indication from the Finance Minister, Michael Cullen, of increased state sector spending is ‘proof there is a commitment to rebuilding the capacity of the public service,’ says PSA national secretary, Richard Wagstaff. More >>
Min wage rise brings overdue relief for workers
Monday, 20 December 1999, 4:20 pm | Public Service Association
The increase in the minimum wage will bring some relief for those New Zealanders who work ‘very hard for what remains a very basic income’, the PSA said today. More >>
Tax workers push for new contract
Tuesday, 7 December 1999, 9:33 am | Public Service Association
PSA members at Inland Revenue will stop work across the country today (Tuesday, December 7) and hold lunchtime rallies as their campaign for a collective contract intensifies. More >>
Christmas hospital slashing - PSA
Wednesday, 24 November 1999, 3:41 pm | Public Service Association
Clerical workers at Health Waikato's in-patient services face an unhappy and uncertain Christmas knowing management plan to axe up to 30 of them in the New Year. More >>
Still more research jobs slashed - PSA
Wednesday, 24 November 1999, 3:26 pm | Public Service Association
Ten redundancies amongst researchers at the country's leading horticulture and food research institute, HortResearch - announced today - underline the Government's complete lack of commitment to developing a knowledge-based economy,' says PSA organiser Malcolm ... More >>
Commitment to public services welcomed - PSA
Tuesday, 23 November 1999, 12:35 am | Public Service Association
The Labour Party's state sector policy shows a 'clear understanding of what afflicts the public service and, more importantly, what must be done to improve it,' the PSA national secretary Paul Cochrane said today. More >>
Changes in PSA leadership
Wednesday, 17 November 1999, 1:50 pm | Public Service Association
A three-person 'national secretariat' has been appointed to manage and lead New Zealand's biggest union, the PSA. More >>
$3m cut revealed in Waitemata Mental Health
Friday, 29 October 1999, 3:32 pm | Public Service Association
Waitemata Health today revealed a $3 million drop in its planned budget because of a reduction in the expected funding from the Health Funding Authority. More >>
IRD take the ‘big stick’to staff members
Friday, 29 October 1999, 3:16 pm | Public Service Association
Senior IRD management have ‘gone on the attack and harassed staff’ following the protest rally by PSA members from the Manukau office on Wednesday. More >>
Call for tax culture change welcomed by PSA
Wednesday, 13 October 1999, 1:45 pm | Public Service Association
The PSA, the union representing New Zealand’s tax workers, today expressed satisfaction with the findings of the select committee inquiry into the IRD. More >>
National Library staff learn their fate
Friday, 20 August 1999, 1:45 pm | Public Service Association
National Library staff will learn of their working future - or fate - when job losses resulting from the library's 'strategic management plan' are detailed to them this afternoon. More >>
