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Another Dark Day For Science And Climate - 90 Jobs To Go At NIWA
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 10:51 am | Public Service Association
NIWA, one of New Zealand’s leading climate research agencies, is set to lose up to 90 jobs, at a time when our climate crisis is worsening. "This is utter madness at this critical time for New Zealand," said Duane Leo, National Secretary for ... More >>
Attack On Science Steps Up With Jobs Going At Callaghan Innovation
Monday, 8 April 2024, 10:16 pm | Public Service Association
The jobs of 30 scientists and engineers at Callaghan Innovation are the latest casualties of the Government’s drive to reduce its investment in research and development. More >>
Now Tax Cuts Put Ahead Of Climate - Jobs To Go At Environment Ministry
Monday, 8 April 2024, 2:16 pm | PSA
Job losses at the Ministry for the Environment to meet the Government’s cost cutting drive risks New Zealand’s ability to manage our many environmental challenges. Today the Ministry for the Environment called for voluntary redundancies across the ... More >>
Government Cuts Reduce Staff Working On MBIE’s "Frontline Information Channels"
Saturday, 6 April 2024, 12:15 pm | Public Service Association
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has proposed reducing its Information and Education (I&E) team by 30 roles, out of approximately 120 roles covered by its change proposal released on Thursday (April 4). More >>
Closing Suicide Prevention Office Among 134 Job Losses Proposed At Health
Thursday, 4 April 2024, 2:21 pm | Public Service Association
"The proposals to axe the Suicide Prevention Office and specialist health workers in mental health make a mockery of the Government’s new portfolio of Minister for Mental Health." More >>
Voluntary Redundancies At MSD Will Make It Harder For Clients And Communities
Thursday, 4 April 2024, 11:29 am | PSA
The opening of wide scale voluntary redundancies at MSD to meet the Government’s cost cutting drive means thousands of New Zealanders are likely to have the service they receive from MSD compromised. Today the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) ... More >>
Brutal 40% Cuts Will Have Huge Impact On Pasifika People
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 9:17 am | PSA
Brutal government spending cuts that will see the size of the Ministry for Pacific Peoples slashed by 40% will hit Pasifika communities hard, the PSA says. The Ministry has told staff that it is seeking voluntary redundancies, and to redeploy and reassign ... More >>
Vital Work Of Ministry For Ethnic Communities Under Threat From Government Cuts
Monday, 25 March 2024, 12:50 pm | PSA
The PSA is alarmed by a proposal to restructure the Ministry for Ethnic Communities coming less than three years after being set up in response to the Christchurch mosque attack. "The important work of the Ministry in safeguarding and strengthening ... More >>
Government’s Reckless MPI Cuts Pose Huge Risk To Primary Sector Exports
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 4:07 pm | PSA
The Government is putting our $57.4 billion primary products export earnings at risk because of proposed cuts of 384 roles at the Ministry of Primary industries (MPI), says PSA National Secretary Duane Leo. To start meeting the Government’s ... More >>
Government Attack On Science Steps Up - New Cash Grab Focus Threatens Callaghan Innovation Scientists
Thursday, 14 March 2024, 9:34 am | PSA
Callaghan Innovation’s new focus on commercial-only research threatens the livelihoods of scores of scientists and risks damaging long term research that benefits New Zealand. "This is another sad consequence of the Government’s reckless austerity drive ... More >>
Care And Support Workers Deliver Open Letter Signed By 9,100 People Calling For Full And Fair Pay Equity Now
Friday, 8 March 2024, 10:57 am | PSA
Delegates from the three unions representing care and support workers are today - on International Women’s Day - delivering an open letter to the head of Te Whatu Ora demanding urgent action on their pay equity claim. "There are 65,000 care ... More >>
CTU Makes Strong Case For More, Not Less Investment In Public Services
Friday, 8 March 2024, 9:53 am | Public Service Association
The PSA is urging the Government to heed new analysis by the Council of Trade Unions (CTU) that shows government investment in public services risks falling short of population growth over the next four years . "The failure to invest enough, ... More >>
Petrol Excise Tax Hike Will Hit Care & Support Workers Hard - Time For Updated Pay Equity Settlement
Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 12:02 pm | PSA
Care & support workers who use their own car to visit clients are calling for action on their pay equity claim before the rise in fuel excise tax hits their pay packets. "The Government promised a laser focus on cost of living but increasing ... More >>
ACC Deep Cuts Could Mean Injured People Forced To Return To Work Too Soon
Friday, 1 March 2024, 9:57 am | PSA
New Zealanders should worry that ACC is being forced to cut spending and possibly jobs which could lead to injured people being forced to return to work before they are ready. ACC’s 4000 workers, 72% of whom are women, were told this week that ... More >>
Government’s Te Aka Whai Ora Urgency Move A Travesty Of Democracy
Tuesday, 27 February 2024, 5:59 pm | PSA
The Government’s decision to ram legislation abolishing Te Aka Whai Ora, the Māori Health Authority, through the House under urgency is a travesty of democracy and an insult to te Tiriti o Waitangi. PSA Te Kaihautū Māori Janice Panoho says the ... More >>
More Than 180 Personal Grievances Claims Lodged Against NIWA For Discrimination
Tuesday, 27 February 2024, 3:41 pm | PSA
More than 180 PSA members have today lodged Personal Grievance claims against NIWA claiming they are being discriminated against because they are union members. PSA members, who are bargaining for a new Collective Agreement, have been denied access ... More >>
Tribunal Hearing On Te Aka Whai Ora Must Go Ahead
Friday, 23 February 2024, 5:34 pm | PSA
Bypassing a Waitangi Tribunal hearing that challenges the closure of Te Aka Whai Ora and its work would show a lack of credibility and accountability from the Government, said the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi. Stuff reports ... More >>
Border Security At Risk With Plans To Cut Staff At Customs
Friday, 23 February 2024, 11:04 am | Public Service Association
The Government’s plan to encourage workers at Customs to take voluntary redundancy puts at risk the vital work of the agency, facilitating a safe and smooth entry and exit through our border, supporting our exports, and keeping New Zealanders safe ... More >>
Government’s Blunt Approach To Public Service Cuts Laid Bare In Last Productivity Commission Report
Tuesday, 20 February 2024, 11:48 am | Public Service Association
As it embarks on a deep and widespread attack on the public service, the Government should heed warnings in the last Productivity Commission report about the impacts of layoffs on workers and families. The report deals with the impacts of economic ... More >>
Deadline Looms For Plans To Cut Public Services For New Zealanders
Wednesday, 14 February 2024, 2:47 pm | PSA
Savings plans ordered by the Government to fund tax cuts are due to be filed with the relevant Ministers any day now, bringing closer likely cuts to public services. "Without doubt, the scale and breadth of the cuts demanded by the Government ... More >>
