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Probation staff facing burnout
Thursday, 19 November 2015, 2:28 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association is concerned about the impact of taking on additional detainees from Christmas Island when probation staff already face burnout from work pressure. More >>
Social workers launch historic equal pay claim
Monday, 16 November 2015, 2:37 pm | Public Service Association
Today the Public Service Association (PSA), the union for social workers filed an historic case seeking equal pay for social work, an occupation dominated by women and undervalued for years. More >>
Health workers strikes continue
Thursday, 12 November 2015, 2:48 pm | PSA
TV one reports that more than 500 public health professionals walked off the job at Counties Manukau District Health Board today to protest against an over-stretched workforce unable to meet patient’s needs. Their action joins that of 1000 colleagues ... More >>
Auckland Hospital staff walk off the job
Wednesday, 11 November 2015, 2:50 pm | Public Service Association
- Staff at Middlemore Hospital will strike on Thursday 12 from 8am - 10am outside the main entrance on Hospital Road, Otahuhu. - More >>
Staff upset hospitals deny workload issues
Tuesday, 10 November 2015, 1:18 pm | Public Service Association
Staff at Auckland Hospital will strike tomorrow, Wednesday 11, from 8am - 10am outside the main entrance on Park Road, Grafton. More >>
Health workers at 3 Auckland DHBs to strike
Monday, 9 November 2015, 9:34 am | Public Service Association
3000 health workers across all 3 Auckland DHBs will go on strike this week to protest against a plan by the DHBs to stretch new staff even further than current staff, who are at breaking point due to systemic underfunding and understaffing across Auckland’s ... More >>
Young people feel betrayed by Government
Thursday, 5 November 2015, 10:43 am | Public Service Association
The youth network of the Public Service Association (PSA), New Zealand’s largest union, says young people feel betrayed by the Government who have entrenched unfair zero-hour contracts instead of keeping their promise to get rid of them. More >>
Glenn Barclay named as new head of NZ’s largest union
Thursday, 5 November 2015, 10:21 am | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association (PSA) is delighted to announce the appointment of Glenn Barclay as the new national secretary. Glenn will join fellow national secretary Erin Polaczuk as the co-leaders of New Zealand’s largest union. More >>
Mental health workers stretched
Tuesday, 3 November 2015, 2:13 pm | Public Service Association
Mental health workers are unsurprised that Police are dealing with more mental health related callouts as they are finding themselves increasingly stretched to properly support those with mental health needs. More >>
DOC staff to take industrial action during Conservation Week
Monday, 2 November 2015, 3:15 pm | Public Service Association
1500 Public Service Association (PSA) members working at the Department of Conservation (DOC) have overwhelmingly voted to take industrial action starting on Wednesday, the middle of New Zealand’s Conservation Week. More >>
AgResearch final decision confirms job cuts
Thursday, 29 October 2015, 4:16 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association (PSA) says AgResearch has failed their workforce and the New Zealand science community with their final decision to cut nearly 80 jobs. A small number of roles initially proposed to be cut have been saved during the consultation ... More >>
Welcome news for low paid support workers in health sector
Tuesday, 20 October 2015, 2:30 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association welcomes the news that the Government will be entering negotiations to address low pay for care and support workers in disability, home support and aged care. More >>
Moves on equal pay welcomed
Tuesday, 20 October 2015, 2:20 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association welcomes the news that the Government will begin discussions with employers and unions to develop principles for dealing with claims of pay equity under the Equal Pay Act that can be applied to all sectors of the community. More >>
MBIE staff vote for industrial action
Tuesday, 20 October 2015, 9:46 am | Public Service Association
More than 1000 Public Service Association (PSA) members working at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) will take industrial action, including strikes, in protest of a culture of mistrust at the super-ministry. More >>
New proposal sends a signal about gender equality
Thursday, 15 October 2015, 9:49 am | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association (PSA) supports the new proposal from the Green Party, announced by co-leader James Shaw to the CTU conference, that Green MPs in a future cabinet would be gender balanced. More >>
Bill delivers real change to low-paid home support workforce
Tuesday, 13 October 2015, 4:52 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association (PSA) is celebrating the first reading of the Home and Community Support (Payment for Travel Between Clients) Settlement Bill in Parliament this afternoon. The Bill implements a settlement between the PSA; the SFWU; the CTU; ... More >>
Gun threat at Christchurch MSD Service Delivery unacceptable
Tuesday, 6 October 2015, 1:25 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association (PSA) is alarmed at the incident at a Christchurch MSD Service Delivery office this morning, where a shotgun was brandished at security guards by an MSD client. More >>
Pay gap grows 19% in one year - action needed from Govt
Friday, 2 October 2015, 1:43 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association (PSA) says the 19% growth in the size of the gender pay gap - from 9.9% to 11.8% - shows the importance of strong action from Government on the issue of equal pay. More >>
Defence Force job cuts not so black and white
Wednesday, 30 September 2015, 3:20 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association (PSA) says Gerry Brownlee needs to come clean on planned job cuts at the NZ Defence Force (NZDF) over the next few years, after documents revealed 713 affected military and civilian jobs by 2018. More >>
Minister Tolley’s CYF review misses underfunding
Friday, 25 September 2015, 11:11 am | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association (PSA), the union for social workers, find the first part of the two part review of Child, Youth and Family (CYF) commissioned by Minister Anne Tolley to miss the crucial issue of the underfunding the sector has continually ... More >>
