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New Ministry focuses on problems, not potential
Thursday, 18 August 2016, 11:39 am | Public Service Association
The government’s choice of name for the new Ministry of Vulnerable Children is short-sighted and may further disadvantage the families it aims to help, the Public Service Association says. More >>
Wellington mayoral candidates support the Living Wage
Tuesday, 16 August 2016, 11:34 am | Public Service Association
Three Wellington mayoral hopefuls say they will ensure Wellington City Council fully adopts the Living Wage at the first candidates’ forum of this election campaign. More >>
MPI job cuts will impact biosecurity
Friday, 12 August 2016, 1:31 pm | Public Service Association
Proposed job cuts at the Ministry of Primary Industries will decimate its compliance staff - and result in unacceptable risk to our most important export sectors, the Public Service Association says. More >>
Labour’s student loan incentive "good start" but needs work
Friday, 12 August 2016, 11:37 am | Public Service Association
Labour’s plan to wipe student debt for people taking up public service jobs in smaller centres is good news - but may need more work, the Public Service Association says. More >>
Message to the Beehive: stop messing with local democracy
Thursday, 11 August 2016, 4:41 pm | Public Service Association
Local councils should run their communities the way ratepayers think is best - and laws giving Wellington more power to override them should be abandoned, the Public Service Association says. More >>
Child Youth and Family reforms "gambling with a generation"
Wednesday, 10 August 2016, 3:33 pm | Public Service Association
Proposed reforms to Child Youth and Family are a dangerous experiment not backed up by sound modelling - and will put vulnerable people at even greater risk, the Public Service Association says. More >>
Waikato DHB continuing "culture of mistrust" with union
Tuesday, 9 August 2016, 12:21 pm | Public Service Association
Union delegates at the Waikato District Health board are furious at being told their pay will be docked if they attend a meeting today, the PSA says. More >>
$50k pay rise for Hamilton Council CEO "deeply unfair"
Tuesday, 2 August 2016, 1:36 pm | Public Service Association
PSA members at Hamilton City Council are disappointed by the fat pay rise announced for their CEO - and are calling for bosses to pay all council workers the market rate. More >>
State houses are for living in, not selling off
Thursday, 28 July 2016, 12:37 pm | Public Service Association
Today’s meeting to try to sell more than 364 state houses is an appalling decision by the Government given the current housing crisis, says Glenn Barclay, national secretary of the Public Service Association. More >>
New Ministry missing the vital role of family
Thursday, 28 July 2016, 11:57 am | Public Service Association
The announcement of a new Ministry for Vulnerable Children risks removing the vital focus on whānau and communities, says the union of nearly 2,500 people who currently work at the Ministry’s predecessor, Child Youth and Family (CYF). More >>
Housing crisis to blame for people living in garages
Friday, 22 July 2016, 4:18 pm | Public Service Association
The housing crisis and continued inaction by the Government is to blame for people in Auckland being forced to live in unapproved garages, sheds and other unsustainable situations, the Public Service Association says. More >>
Unions seek injunction to restrain lockouts at Airports
Monday, 11 July 2016, 4:56 pm | Public Service Association
The New Zealand Public Service Association and E tū have today filed legal proceedings in the Employment Court in Wellington which seek to restrain the proposed eight day lockout of Aviation Security Staff at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Queenstown ... More >>
Unions stand firm in face of AvSec bullying
Friday, 8 July 2016, 12:22 pm | Public Service Association
Unions are preparing to go to court to stop the Aviation Security Service staging an 8-day lockout which would cause chaos and endanger security at New Zealand’s main airports. More >>
Give up social bonds, focus on quality services
Thursday, 7 July 2016, 12:10 pm | Public Service Association
The collapse of the government’s first social bonds project should signal the end to experimentation with the way social services are funded, the Public Service Association says. More >>
Aviation Security Service lockout illegal and irresponsible
Wednesday, 6 July 2016, 10:46 am | Public Service Association
Locking out aviation security workers from their workplaces is an illegal and irresponsible move which will hugely inconvenience the travelling public, the PSA and E tū unions say. More >>
Aviation security unions agree to mediation
Tuesday, 5 July 2016, 12:50 pm | Public Service Association
Aviation security unions will take part in last-minute talks to resolve their industrial dispute, but the Public Service Association and E Tū say strike action will still go ahead unless a deal is reached. More >>
Airport security staff to strike for first time in 30 years
Tuesday, 5 July 2016, 8:55 am | Public Service Association
Aviation security staff will hold two weeks of industrial action later this month, after unions and their employer were unable to settle a new collective agreement. More >>
Government must intervene to help Lifeline continue
Thursday, 30 June 2016, 4:19 pm | Public Service Association
Lifeline must not become the latest casualty of New Zealand’s mental health crisis, the Public Service Association says. More >>
Convention Centre shambles proves PPPs have no place in NZ
Thursday, 30 June 2016, 4:10 pm | Public Service Association
Taxpayers will foot the whole bill for yet another failed public-private partnership, the Public Service Association says - and the government should call time on its obsession with the funding model. More >>
PSA welcomes Ombudsman’s findings on MFAT inquiry
Thursday, 23 June 2016, 3:06 pm | Public Service Association
Natural justice needs to come first in all government inquiries, regardless of how embarrassing their findings may be, the Public Sector Association says. More >>
