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PSA Saddened At Passing Of Kiingi Pootatau Te Wherowhero Te Tuawhitu
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 12:11 am | PSA
The Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi extends its condolences to the Kiingitanga and Te whare ariki at this time of great sadness with the passing of Kiingi Pootatau Te Wherowhero Te Tuawhitu. More >>
Striking Social Service And Support Workers To Rally For Decent Wages
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 12:06 am | PSA
Union members are calling for a 5% increase for all members to keep up with the cost of living. This is their second strike in three weeks, after eight months of negotiations led to Visionwest offering meagre pay increases ranging from 0% to 2.6%. More >>
Needs Not Race Directive Threatens Progress We’ve Made As Country
Friday, 13 September 2024, 3:24 pm | PSA
The Government has taken a decision based on ideology which fundamentally impacts Māori without consulting Māori. There’s a clear pattern here of a government again setting out to divide New Zealand. No-one voted for that. More >>
Te Whatu Ora Voluntary Redundancies Continue Govt’s Slash And Burn Approach To Public Healthcare
Wednesday, 28 August 2024, 11:42 am | PSA
Unfocused, wide ranging voluntary redundancies at Te Whatu Ora will further destabilise public health to meet Government imposed spending cuts, the PSA says. More >>
Govt Cuts Frontline White Collar Crime Fighters At Serious Fraud Office
Tuesday, 27 August 2024, 4:43 pm | PSA
The ‘tough on crime’ Government is forcing the Serious Fraud Office to cut funding and jobs, undermining the ability of the office to keep fighting white collar crime which impacts thousands of New Zealanders every year. More >>
Unions Reject Flawed Care And Support Pay Equity Review Outcome As A Distraction
Thursday, 22 August 2024, 4:17 pm | PSA
Unions representing care and support workers flatly reject the pay equity methodology report released by Te Whatu Ora. More >>
Short-sighted Decision To Put Wellbeing Of Communities On Backburner
Wednesday, 21 August 2024, 6:08 pm | PSA
Once again, the Government is over-riding the interests of the very people its policies impact. It’s reckless, rushed and poorly thought through just as it is doing by undermining the public services New Zealanders need everyday. More >>
Workers At Major Social Housing And Social Service Provider To Strike For Fair Pay
Tuesday, 20 August 2024, 1:16 pm | PSA
Strike action comes after eight months of negotiations leading to Visionwest offering a meagre pay increases ranging from 0% for some to 2.6% for others. Members of the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi say their pay is putting ... More >>
PSA And Oranga Tamariki Settle Legal Action Against Job Cuts
Friday, 16 August 2024, 11:36 am | PSA
The PSA and Oranga Tamariki have signed an agreement ending proceedings taken by the union in the Employment Relations Authority (ERA). More >>
Government Ignores Voice Of Disabled Community And Downsizes Whaikaha
Thursday, 15 August 2024, 12:28 pm | PSA
Officials told the last government a single agency was ‘the best organisational structure to lead the realisation of a true partnership between the disability community and government to achieve ongoing transformation of the disability system.’ More >>
Govt Diminishes Critical Role Of Te Arawhiti, Office For Māori Crown Relations
Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 4:49 pm | PSA
The diminishing of Te Arawhiti is another disappointing attack on the place of Māori in Aotearoa, said the Public Service Association. More >>
Govt Cuts Protections For Environment Again - One In Five Roles Axed At The EPA
Thursday, 8 August 2024, 12:24 pm | PSA
The EPA is also proposing to scrap the team engaging with sectors like forestry and agriculture, key stakeholders which need to understand the role and function of the Authority. It is also significantly downsizing its community engagement function. More >>
PSA Strongly Rejects Funding Pay Rises Through Cuts To Jobs And Services
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 7:27 pm | PSA
The PSA strongly rejects moves to fund pay rises for public service workers through further cuts to public services and jobs, as signalled in the Government’s Workforce Policy Statement (GWPS). The Minister for Public Services Nicola Willis today released ... More >>
Minister’s Statement About Community Providers False And Offensive
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 5:57 pm | PSA
"It is inappropriate and wrong for a Cabinet Minister to describe valued community providers in such an inflammatory and disrespectful way," said Melissa Woolley, Assistant Secretary for Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi. More >>
Government Broken Promise Will Harm Babies And Children
Friday, 2 August 2024, 2:44 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi (PSA) is the union for social workers and other social service workers employed in non-governmental organisations. Yesterday the PSA was part of a briefing on Family Start funding, which confirmed ... More >>
Govt Axes Specialist Māori Housing Roles Despite Housing Crisis Facing Many Māori
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 12:53 pm | PSA
The latest restructure will see a net reduction of 27 roles from Te Kurutao Group Māori which currently has 48 FTEs. This follows earlier decisions to cut 130 roles in the wake of the Government’s spending cuts which have stripped $1 billion from ... More >>
Govt’s War On Science Ramps Up - Big Cuts Planned For GNS Science
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 1:43 pm | PSA
GNS Science is proposing to cut more than 10% of its workforce undermining its critical work helping New Zealand adapt to climate change and manage natural hazards and risks from earthquakes, tsunami and volcanic eruptions More >>
Political Rhetoric Not Matched By Health Workers’ Experience
Tuesday, 30 July 2024, 4:12 pm | PSA
Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi National Secretary Kerry Davies says the experience of members is that underfunding is the cause of financial issues at Te Whatu Ora rather than an excess of corporate and administrative roles. More >>
Overturning Court Of Appeal Decision On Foreshore And Seabed Is Abuse Of Power
Friday, 26 July 2024, 1:36 pm | PSA
The 2004 Act vested ownership of the foreshore and seabed in the Crown, extinguishing any Māori claims to ownership and causing widespread outrage and protests among Māori communities. More >>
Sad Day For Environment - More Than A Quarter Of Workforce To Be Cut
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 6:46 pm | Public Service Association
"Our heart goes out to all impacted workers at this Ministry whose vital work in gathering the evidence the Government needs to make good decisions is no longer valued." More >>
