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Prison closures used to promote privatisation agenda
Thursday, 22 March 2012, 2:17 pm | Public Service Association
The proposal to close New Plymouth and Wellington prisons while building a new private prison in Auckland is clear evidence that this government is driven by ideology rather than common sense, says the PSA, the public sector union. More >>
Local council changes spell huge upheaval for staff - PSA
Tuesday, 20 March 2012, 4:41 pm | Public Service Association
Proposed reform of local government will be hugely disruptive and have a range of consequences for local council members that do not appear to have been fully thought through, PSA says. More >>
Public sector revolution will fail if workforce disarmed
Thursday, 15 March 2012, 1:32 pm | Public Service Association
The Government’s plans to re-shape the state sector will fall flat if yet more job cuts and restructures leave workers unable to implement the potential gains, says the PSA. More >>
Spin on local government wages only smokescreen for reforms
Wednesday, 14 March 2012, 5:27 pm | Public Service Association
“Claims that the local government wage bill is contributing to soaring debt is incorrect and nothing more than a smokescreen to usher in far-reaching reforms, says the PSA, the public sector union. More >>
MFAT partners letter to CEO on proposed restructuring
Monday, 12 March 2012, 8:04 pm | PSA
Partners of staff affected by proposed changes at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have sent a letter to the CEO highlighting the likely impacts on both careers and the effectiveness of NZ’s diplomacy. 12 March, 2012 John Allen CEO Ministry of ... More >>
Why build a private prison when we have empty beds
Thursday, 8 March 2012, 5:22 pm | PSA
PSA Media Release PSA MEDIA RELEASE 8 March 2012 For Immediate Use Why build a private prison when we have empty beds in public ones? More >>
Partners call on diplomats to jump ship
Thursday, 8 March 2012, 2:01 pm | Public Service Association
The staffing crisis facing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade deepened today when it was revealed that diplomats’ partners are encouraging them to leave the Ministry en masse. More >>
Report shows not much fat left on the bone after all
Wednesday, 7 March 2012, 4:37 pm | Public Service Association
A Treasury report on a public service cost-cutting exercise shows that costs have actually increased by $19 million, proof that there’s little left to squeeze out of agencies that have already been cut back to their core, says the PSA. More >>
Plant and Food cutbacks risk future business opportunities
Tuesday, 6 March 2012, 12:23 pm | Public Service Association
As more public scientists are sent packing the union that represents them says the Government’s funding model is stifling innovation. “The Government keeps looking to industry to fork up more for research, but New Zealand has one of the worst records ... More >>
Shutting up shop at Housing NZ isn’t a social service
Tuesday, 28 February 2012, 9:23 am | Public Service Association
Proposed changes at Housing New Zealand prove the National-led Government is more interested in cost-cutting than in providing efficient, linked-up public services, but that’s a move that will cost society more in the end, says the PSA. More >>
Got yourself in a tight spot overseas? Just call 0800
Thursday, 23 February 2012, 4:49 pm | Public Service Association
Sacking diplomats and contracting out support work could impact on New Zealand’s interests overseas and leave citizens in trouble abroad without adequate support, says the PSA and the FSA, the two unions representing staff at the Ministry of Foreign ... More >>
Parliament should lead by example on disability provision
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 4:50 pm | Public Service Association
Parliament should be setting an example to the country’s employers by removing all barriers to Deaf and disabled people’s participation in parliamentary debates, says Nicola Owen, PSA Deaf and Disabled Members’ Network spokesperson. More >>
Cut the spin and look at the crisis on the ground
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 4:06 pm | Public Service Association
It’s time the Government stopped fooling the public over its running down of public services, says the PSA. More >>
PSA - Tell us your plan John
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 11:05 am | Public Service Association
The PSA has requested an urgent meeting with the Prime Minister to discuss his plans for the future of the public service. Decisions on how to improve public services must involve those who receive them as well as those who deliver them and their unions ... More >>
Catching up with Australia just got harder
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 9:55 am | PSA
While New Zealand’s community sector workers continue to struggle for decent wages, the same workers in Australia have just been awarded pay rises of 19 to 41 per cent, says the PSA. More >>
Treasury’s call harks back to 1980s
Friday, 3 February 2012, 9:30 am | PSA
PSA Media Release February 3, 2012 PSA MEDIA RELEASE Treasury’s call harks back to 1980s More >>
Government cuts deep into principal advisor on Maori issues
Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 6:42 pm | PSA
The National-led Government’s squeeze on the public sector is set to cut deep into the crown’s principal advisor on Maori issues says the PSA. More >>
Super-city lessons must be applied for Nelson/Tasman merger
Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 2:38 pm | Public Service Association
Applying the lessons from the Auckland local government transition process is vital if voters give the go ahead for a merger between Nelson and Tasman councils, says the PSA. More >>
Mandatory reporting needs increased resourcing
Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 2:34 pm | Public Service Association
Any move to mandatory reporting on possible child abuse or neglect must come with an increase in funding and resourcing to Child, Youth and Family and the community agencies that work alongside it, says the PSA. More >>
Health Minister wants to short-change Cantabrians
Thursday, 22 December 2011, 4:37 pm | PSA
Cantabrians feeling ripped-off by the $538,529 pay-packet of Christchurch City Council’s CEO Tony Marryatt may soon be short-changed by Health Minister Tony Ryall, says the PSA. More >>
