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Review into bullying and harassment commended by PSA
Tuesday, 27 November 2018, 12:20 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association (PSA) has commended today’s announcement that an independent external review into bullying and harassment of staff within the Parliamentary workplace is set to commence. More >>
PSA celebrates a major membership milestone
Monday, 26 November 2018, 12:46 pm | Public Service Association
This week the Public Service Association (PSA) is celebrating the total number of union members reaching the 70,000 mark - just three years on from hitting 60,000 in 2015. More >>
PSA response to announcement of new Housing Authority
Saturday, 24 November 2018, 12:46 pm | Public Service Association
Today’s announcement of plans to form a new Crown entity centred on Housing New Zealand - with a full integration of Housing New Zealand’s urban development subsidiary HLC and the KiwiBuild Unit - has been cautiously welcomed by the Public Service Association ... More >>
PSA and Ministry of Justice move towards further mediation
Tuesday, 20 November 2018, 4:33 pm | PSA
Senior leaders of the Ministry of Justice and Public Service Association (PSA) met yesterday (Monday 19 November) in Wellington to discuss resumption of industrial negotiations. More >>
MOJ strike action in Wellington
Monday, 19 November 2018, 10:47 am | PSA
PSA members have voted on a ‘lightning strike’ this morning at the Ministry of Justice head office at 19 Aitken Street. More >>
Industrial action escalates at Court
Tuesday, 13 November 2018, 12:26 pm | PSA
Ongoing industrial action by PSA members at the Ministry of Justice has escalated again with Court Registry Officers at Auckland District Court and Manukau District Court now undertaking a ban on serving, checking and signing sentencing documents. More >>
Justice system at risk of creaking to a halt
Friday, 9 November 2018, 4:18 pm | Public Service Association
With no date in place for a return to the bargaining table, PSA members at the Ministry of Justice have voted to continue work-to-rule alongside a new set of bans on work that could see Court operations creak to a virtual halt. More >>
Second nationwide Courts strike across the country
Wednesday, 7 November 2018, 11:25 am | Public Service Association
Courts will be disrupted for a full half-day today from 12.30pm to 5pm when PSA members at the Ministry of Justice take their second nationwide strike action. More >>
Appointment of Debbie Power to top job at MSD welcomed
Tuesday, 6 November 2018, 4:05 pm | Public Service Association
The PSA has welcomed today’s news of the appointment of Debbie Power - currently statutory deputy State Services Commissioner and chief executive at the State Services Commission - to the role of chief executive of the Ministry of Social Development ... More >>
Pressure mounting on Ministry of Justice with Strike Action
Tuesday, 6 November 2018, 11:13 am | PSA
PSA members at Whanganui District Court actioned a lightning strike this morning at 10.30am for two hours. More >>
PSA congratulates Public Service Day award recipients
Monday, 5 November 2018, 8:59 pm | Public Service Association
A highly deserving light has been shone on the hard work of core public servants by the first-ever presentation of Public Service Medals and Commendations for Frontline Excellence in Wellington this evening (Monday 5 November). More >>
Employment Court denies injunction against PSA members
Monday, 5 November 2018, 5:19 pm | Public Service Association
The Employment Court in Auckland has today ruled in favour of the lawfulness of the strike action that PSA members have been taking in recent weeks in an ongoing dispute with the Ministry of Justice over an unfair pay system and failure to agree ... More >>
PSA: ‘Core priority’ given to mental health for 2019 Budget
Sunday, 4 November 2018, 9:39 pm | Public Service Association
The commitment made at the Labour Party conference by Finance Minister Grant Robertson to making mental health one of five core priorities for next year’s Wellbeing Budget is welcome news says the PSA. More >>
Ministry of Justice Industrial impasse enters seventh week
Friday, 2 November 2018, 5:05 pm | Public Service Association
PSA union solidarity at the Ministry of Justice continues to grow as an unresolved dispute over fair pay and a fair across-the-board pay system enters its seventh week. More >>
Safe and effective care central to ratified PSA settlement
Tuesday, 30 October 2018, 12:49 pm | Public Service Association
The landmark offer of improved pay and conditions for more than 3000 Mental Health and Public Health nurses, announced last month, has now been ratified by PSA members. More >>
Unsure outlook at Ministry of Justice
Monday, 29 October 2018, 5:42 pm | Public Service Association
Despite a full day of mediation between the Ministry of Justice and PSA in Wellington today there is still no sign of a new industrial agreement being reached - with PSA members left with no option but to continue industrial action which first began almost ... More >>
PSA Youth takes a world-first seat at the Executive Board
Monday, 29 October 2018, 2:14 pm | Public Service Association
In what is believed to be a world first for a major union, PSAY - the PSA youth network - is excited to be taking an official seat with full voting rights on the union’s Executive Board from this week. More >>
Industrial action escalates at Ministry of Justice
Friday, 26 October 2018, 3:57 pm | Public Service Association
Up to 300 Ministry of Justice PSA members have voted to walk off the job at Courts around the South Island this afternoon. More >>
MOJ National Transcription Service workers strike
Thursday, 25 October 2018, 1:37 pm | Public Service Association
A further spike in industrial action by PSA members at the Ministry of Justice is taking place this afternoon when up to 80 Court Reporters around the country will walk off the job for two hours from 3 to 5pm. More >>
PSA members poised to take further industrial action
Wednesday, 24 October 2018, 3:43 pm | Public Service Association
PSA members around New Zealand have voted to commence further industrial action from 4pm today. More >>
