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Risks to services and staff must be managed in amalgamation
Wednesday, 10 June 2015, 10:52 am | PSA
The Public Service Association (PSA) says that following a Local Government Commission decision to go ahead with the next step in local government amalgamation in Hawkes Bay, the real risks to staff and services must be addressed. More >>
Residents’ voices heard loud and clear
Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 4:38 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association (PSA) is glad the Local Government Commission listened to the overwhelming feedback against their proposal for local government amalgamation in the Greater Wellington region. More >>
Health budget shortfall will hurt Kiwis for years to come
Monday, 8 June 2015, 3:06 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association (PSA) says the $1 billion shortfall in the health budget identified in a new analysis by the Council of Trade Unions will hurt Kiwis and worsen health outcomes for years. More >>
Leaks on secretive trade agreement mean Govt must come clean
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 1:59 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association (PSA) says the Government must come clean on New Zealand’s role in negotiating the secretive Trade in Services Agreement (TISA), which could remove New Zealanders rights to quality, well regulated public services. More >>
Social bonds put profits before people
Tuesday, 2 June 2015, 4:52 pm | Public Service Association
The Government is putting profit before people with its plans to use private investors to profit from social services which place people with mental illness into work, says the Public Service Association. More >>
PSA welcomes Hawke’s Bay DHB’s decision on food services
Wednesday, 27 May 2015, 11:07 pm | PSA
The PSA welcomes Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s decision to reject Health Benefits Limited’s proposal to outsource food services to multi-national company Compass Group. More >>
Core government cap disappointing and disingenuous
Wednesday, 27 May 2015, 4:44 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association (PSA) says the Government’s continued focus on capping the size of core government administration is counter to providing New Zealanders with the services they need and depend on. More >>
Relationships Aotearoa closed down for speaking up?
Wednesday, 27 May 2015, 2:23 pm | PSA
Kerry Davies, PSA assistant national secretary, said “There are a lot of questions about how things ended up at this stage with Relationships Aotearoa now being closed.” More >>
Unions stand together on rejection of poor pay offer
Tuesday, 26 May 2015, 9:17 am | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association (PSA) supports the decision by New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) members to reject the settlement offer made by DHBs in their Multi-Employer collective agreement, announced earlier today. More >>
Budget 2015 shows no plans for public sector wages
Thursday, 21 May 2015, 4:53 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association (PSA) says this budget does not address the wage rises needed across the public sector. More >>
Fewer prison jobs to go, but privatisation still a problem
Friday, 15 May 2015, 1:55 pm | PSA
Fewer prison jobs to go, but privatisation still a problem The Public Service Association (PSA) is pleased that the Department of Corrections has reduced the number of jobs to be cut nationwide by 68 from their original proposal. More >>
Concern over proposed IT job cuts at Dunedin City Council
Tuesday, 12 May 2015, 11:56 am | Public Service Association
Concern over proposed IT job cuts at Dunedin City Council The Public Service Association (PSA) says Dunedin City Council (DCC) should think carefully before proceeding with a proposal to cut in-house IT jobs at the council and outsource them. Jon Henning, ... More >>
Invoice for $294,827,136 presented to Treasury
Monday, 11 May 2015, 1:01 pm | PSA
Invoice for $294,827,136 presented to Treasury by women public servants Women members of the Public Service Association (PSA) took an invoice for $294,827,136 to The Treasury this afternoon, representing the 14.1% gender pay gap in the public service. More >>
Tāmaki housing shift will make things harder
Thursday, 30 April 2015, 12:37 pm | PSA
The Public Service Association (PSA) says the Government’s decision to transfer 2800 properties from Housing NZ to the Tāmaki Redevelopment Company (TRC) makes no sense when the roles of the two organisations are completely different. More >>
Union concerned over changes to DHB’s mental health system
Friday, 24 April 2015, 12:57 pm | Public Service Association
The union representing mental health workers at Waikato DHB, The Public Service Association (PSA), is concerned over the poor process as the DHB tries to push through dangerous changes to the rostering of the Henry Bennett Centre. More >>
Council shouldn’t rush to decision on asset sales
Friday, 24 April 2015, 12:38 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association (PSA) says Christchurch City councillors should back away from a decision to sell assets in order to further explore other options and to consult with the Canterbury public. More >>
Health workers to protest for better mental health services
Friday, 17 April 2015, 10:45 am | PSA
Waikato DHB mental health workers, members of the PSA, will protest on Friday April 17 for the inaugural Better, Safer, Fairer day in support of their system for rostering that the DHB is currently proposing to scrap, to the detriment of mental health staff ... More >>
CYF review case of wrong people examining the wrong thing
Friday, 10 April 2015, 3:49 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association (PSA) says the recently announced review of Child, Youth and Family (CYF) is putting the wrong people in charge of looking at the wrong things, and won’t provide the improvements to CYF services that it claims to seek. More >>
Gutting of prison jobs a gift to private prison provider
Thursday, 9 April 2015, 3:37 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association (PSA) says a Department of Corrections proposal to cut more than 260 jobs at Waikeria, Tongariro/Rangipo and Rimutaka Prisons is privatisation by stealth that will hurt provincial New Zealand. More >>
Yet another external review the last thing CYF needs
Wednesday, 1 April 2015, 4:28 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association (PSA) says Minister Tolley’s announcement of a Paula Rebstock-led review into Child, Youth and Family (CYF) is the last thing needed by an organisation that has demonstrated it can assess and plan for its own needs. More >>
