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Govt Dismantling Of Public Housing Confirmed With Kāinga Ora Axing A Net 620 Roles
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 4:50 pm | PSA
"This is another shameful day for the Government which promised no cuts to frontline services - this is a lie which is being exposed every day across the public sector," said Fleur Fitzsimons, National Secretary for the Public Service Association for ... More >>
PSA Supports Waitangi Tribunal’s Call To Halt Regulatory Standards Bill
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 9:24 am | PSA
The Public Service Association (PSA) Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi is deeply opposed to the Bill which is being fast-tracked by the Government despite overwhelming Māori and Tangata Te Tiriti opposition, and serious constitutional concerns. More >>
Budget 2025: Nervous Wait For Thousands Of Public Service Workers
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 7:08 am | PSA
Cost to New Zealand women of pay equity betrayal to become clear More >>
Ministry Of Education Workers Will Walk Off The Job For The First Time In Over 20 Years
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 5:26 pm | PSA
"We’re taking strike action because the Ministry is refusing to recognise the increased cost of living facing Ministry staff and their families by proposing a two-year freeze on pay bands," said Fleur Fitzsimons, National Secretary for the Public Service Association ... More >>
Budget Week Blow - Govt Axes Experts Backing Innovative Kiwi Start-Ups
Monday, 19 May 2025, 9:11 am | PSA
This Friday, 15 highly skilled business innovation advisers at Callaghan Innovation will be shown the door. These are industry experts hired from the private sector who’ve been helping young companies navigate the commercial world and prepare them ... More >>
Govt Squeeze On Funding Will See Another 68 Roles Go At DOC
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 3:47 pm | PSA
Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons said the proposal will see a hollowing out of DOC’s regional conservation capability over time. More >>
PSA Strongly Opposes Decisions Released By Health NZ - Further Dismantling Of Our Public Health System By Government
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 3:16 pm | PSA
The union filed these legal proceedings in the Employment Relations Authority in February because several proposed restructures breached the Code of Good Faith for the public health sector, the Employment Relations Act 2000, collective agreements ... More >>
Children Pay Price Of Oranga Tamariki Contracting Fiasco - Auditor-General Issues Damning Indictment Of Govt Cuts
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 3:13 pm | PSA
The report confirms what we have said all along - the Government has totally botched its rushed spending cuts with little regard to the consequences - children are the casualties of these decisions. More >>
PSA Takes More Legal Action To Stop The Govt Cutting Health Further
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 11:14 am | PSA
The PSA remains strongly opposed to all job cuts at Health NZ which are being rushed through regardless of their impacts on frontline health services. It’s all about saving money in the short term, not supporting our health system. More >>
New Public Research Organisation Boards Dominated By Men
Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 5:12 pm | PSA
The gains that women have made in science over the past few decades are in no way reflected here. How can we possibly expect women to join STEM professions when our public institutions don’t represent them or their interests? More >>
PSA Welcomes Green Budget Which Restores Funding To The Public Service
Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 11:48 am | PSA
The Green Budget, released today, reinstates funding to the public service including areas the Government has sharply cut and underfunded - primary health care, Oranga Tamariki and public housing. More >>
Public Service Work From Home Policies Dispute Heading To Employment Relations Authority
Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 5:22 pm | PSA
Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi National Secretary, Fleur Fitzsimons, said they were dismayed to have not settled the matter quickly for public sector workers. More >>
Working From Home Dispute In Mediation Today - Will Govt Support Women On This?
Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 7:03 am | PSA
The PSA filed action with the Employment Relations Authority last December to stop the Government from restricting flexible workplace practices, which disproportionately impacts women who make up 62% of public service workers. More >>
Protect The Tribunal, Protect The Treaty: Oppose The Government’s Review Of The Waitangi Tribunal
Monday, 12 May 2025, 11:10 am | PSA
The proposal to limit the Tribunal’s scope and reframe its inquiries according to a political agenda, as outlined in the coalition agreement between National and New Zealand First, is deeply concerning. More >>
Nearly $3m Wasted On Consultants Hired To Plan Axing Of Health Workers
Monday, 12 May 2025, 8:51 am | PSA
The public health system has been starved of money by this government. It should have been expanding the Health NZ workforce and not paying expensive consultants to help lay off so many loyal workers. It’s a slap in the face for those shown ... More >>
Government’s Attack On Pay Equity A Major Setback For Māori And Pacific Wāhine
Thursday, 8 May 2025, 2:00 pm | PSA
Announced without consultation and passed into law last night, the rollback creates new barriers to pay equity claims and undermines hard-won gains in fairness and justice, says PSA Te Kaihautū Māori Janice Panoho. More >>
Protests Against The Government’s Pay Equity Legislation
Thursday, 8 May 2025, 12:47 pm | PSA
The changes will take money from underpaid, predominantly female workers to plug the gap in the Government’s budget caused by its reckless, unaffordable policies such as multi-billion dollar tax relief for landlords. More >>
$19,480 And Rising: The Cost Women Workers Are Paying To Plug Govt’s Budget Holes
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 2:47 pm | PSA
With no new pay equity settlement being agreed, care and support workers have seen their hard-won pay equity settlement eroded by inflation and the failure to maintain relativity above the minimum wage. More >>
Dark Day For Women As Government Slams Brakes On Pay Equity To Save Money
Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 12:12 pm | PSA
"The PSA is exploring all possible avenues to oppose these unconstitutional amendments and stop this attack on women. We will not be deterred in our fight to achieve pay equity for all." More >>
Mental Health Workforce Crisis Exposed - Urgent Action Needed Now
Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 11:22 am | PSA
The draft report said 1,485 more frontline mental health and addiction workers were needed right now, including 470 specialist nurses, 145 psychiatrists and 145 clinical psychologists. More >>
