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Abortion Safe Areas Protect Staff & Service Users From Bullying & Harassment
Friday, 28 May 2021, 4:52 pm | PSA
Public Service Association members today spoke to the Health Select Committee in support of the Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion (Safe Areas) Amendment Bill. The union strongly endorses the proposal to set ‘safe areas’ around abortion ... More >>
Social Insurance Will Protect All Workers, Particularly Those At Highest Risk
Monday, 24 May 2021, 5:17 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association strongly supports government plans to develop a social insurance scheme, which will protect all workers but particularly those employed in sectors prone to change and displacement. Unions will work together with Business ... More >>
Support Workers "can’t Stop Smiling": Budget Funds Properly Paid Breaks & Travel Time
Friday, 21 May 2021, 3:26 pm | PSA
With funding confirmed in Budget 2021, home and community support workers will soon be paid their normal hourly rate while driving from one client to another. Until now, this essential health workforce was only paid the minimum wage for ‘in between ... More >>
Public Workers Welcome Budget Commitment To Liveable Incomes
Thursday, 20 May 2021, 3:28 pm | Public Service Association
Public Service Association members will celebrate today’s Budget boosts for beneficiaries and low-paid workers, and the announcement of new programmes to tackle the housing crisis. The government has committed to raise weekly benefit rates between $32 and ... More >>
PSA Supports Chief Ombudsman Investigation, Points To Understaffing Concerns
Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 9:22 am | Public Service Association
Public Service Association members will actively cooperate with the Chief Ombudsman’s investigation into the Department of Corrections. The union says its members closely follow Corrections policy regarding the safe and secure containment of prisoners, ... More >>
PSA Meets With Government - Union Members Will Bargain For Pay Increases
Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 4:00 pm | PSA
A delegation from the Public Service Association today discussed upcoming pay negotiations with the Prime Minister, the Minister of Finance, the Minister for the Public Service, the Minister of Workplace Relations and the Public Service Commissioner. Frank and ... More >>
Fair Pay Agreements Good News For Employees - Contractors Need Protection Too
Friday, 7 May 2021, 2:05 pm | Public Service Association
Cabinet has approved a framework for drafting Fair Pay Agreement legislation, and the Public Service Association says this means low-paid workers can look forward to improved and more consistent working lives. Michael Wood, the Minister for Workplace ... More >>
PSA: Open Letter To Minister Chris Hipkins Re Govt Pay Restrictions
Friday, 7 May 2021, 1:04 pm | PSA
Tēna koe Minister Government’s pay restrictions A week ago today we wrote to you with our strong concerns about your intention to impose restrictions on public workers’ pay. On Wednesday you issued these restrictions without engaging or responding ... More >>
Pay Restrictions Punish Public Servants Who Protected Us From Covid-19
Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 8:55 am | PSA
The government has announced two more years of pay restriction for public servants, and the workers’ union says they feel betrayed. The Public Service Association represents almost 80,000 workers, many of whom wonder why the government would punish ... More >>
Vaccines Are Essential But Employment Rights Must Be Protected
Friday, 30 April 2021, 4:29 pm | PSA
The government has made vaccinations mandatory for border and MIQ workers. The Public Service Association says unvaccinated border staff should be redeployed, and their employment rights must be protected. The union will closely monitor any such process ... More >>
PSA Welcomes Waitangi Tribunal Report, Urges Action Over Unsafe Workloads
Friday, 30 April 2021, 3:13 pm | PSA
The union for Oranga Tamariki employees welcomes the release of the Waitangi Tribunal’s report, He Pāharakeke, He Rio Whakakīkinga Whāruarua. As the report’s proposals are considered and implemented, the Public Service Association hopes frontline staff ... More >>
Ministerial Review Of Local Government An Opportunity To Put People First
Friday, 23 April 2021, 2:41 pm | Public Service Association
The union for local government workers welcomes Minister Nanaia Mahuta’s planned review of the sector, but more of a focus on worker participation is needed. The Public Service Association represents nine thousand local government staff around ... More >>
Worker Participation Essential For Successful Health Reform
Wednesday, 21 April 2021, 9:26 am | PSA
Sweeping reforms announced today can deliver New Zealand a joined up, effective and equitable health system, but for them to succeed it is crucial that workers are guaranteed involvement in designing and implementing the new set up. Over 30,000 ... More >>
"Crisis" In Home Support Demands Urgent Government Overhaul
Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 9:18 am | PSA
Thousands of care and support workers help sick, injured, and elderly New Zealanders live at home with dignity, but they are denied the pay, respect, and security of hours necessary to do the same. Two unions represent these workers, the Public Service ... More >>
From Bastion Point And Māori Land March To PSA Leadership
Friday, 12 March 2021, 2:35 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association Te Pukenga Here Tikanga Mahi congratulates veteran tino rangatiratanga campaigner Janice Panoho on her appointment as Kaihautū Māori, the union’s newly created Māori leadership role. Ms Panoho was 14 years old when ... More >>
Women Make Progress, But Not Equal Yet
Monday, 8 March 2021, 9:38 am | PSA
The collective efforts of working women are reducing the gender pay gap, but there is a long way to go yet; particularly for Māori, Pasefika and Asian women. As Public Service Association members mark International Women’s Day the union says there ... More >>
Public Servants Have Earned New Zealand’s Trust
Tuesday, 23 February 2021, 10:35 am | PSA
New Zealanders Say They Trust The Public Service More Than Ever, And The Union For Public Servants Says Members Are Happy To Hear That After A Sometimes Difficult Year. The Latest Kiwis Count Survey Has Been Released By Te Kawa Mataaho, The Public Service ... More >>
Government Action Can Achieve Digital Inclusion
Tuesday, 23 February 2021, 9:09 am | PSA
More than ten percent of New Zealanders have limited or no access to the internet. That’s over half a million people, and the Public Service Association says it’s time for this digital exclusion to end. The union today endorses Internet New Zealand’s ... More >>
To Keep Our Borders Safe, Involve Border Workers
Wednesday, 17 February 2021, 4:14 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association wants all border employers to follow the Aviation Security Service’s example and organise their front line staff into ‘work bubbles’ - particularly workers in and around Auckland Airport. However, progress could be ... More >>
Local Government Workers’ Union Supports Māori Ward Bill
Thursday, 11 February 2021, 3:59 pm | PSA
Almost nine thousand Public Service Association members work for local authorities, and the union strongly supports the government’s decision to introduce under urgency the Local Electoral (Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Bill. At a ... More >>
