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Cartoon: It’s the Double Downer Budget!
Thursday, 19 May 2011, 2:46 pm | Public Service Association
John Key and Bill English’s Double Downer Budget – the Combo that takes more from your pocket and cuts your public services! More >>
Government hiding its poor economic management
Wednesday, 18 May 2011, 2:37 pm | PSA
The Government needs to show it has more than tinkering skills to offer the country in tomorrow’s budget. Economic growth and jobs come from a joined-up economic strategy not from more public sector bashing says the Public Service Association More >>
PM’s Ducking and Diving Can’t Hide Lack of Economic Plan
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 3:08 pm | PSA
Throwing those who deliver vital public services onto the dole queue does nothing to create more private sector jobs or economic growth, says the PSA. “3 years of cuts and empty rhetoric have failed to deliver economic growth or more jobs." More >>
Sub-zero budget highlights
Monday, 16 May 2011, 4:30 pm | Public Service Association
Thursday’s budget is being dubbed the “zero budget” but it’s actually a “sub-zero budget” says the PSA and one that will highlight the recklessness of last year’s tax cuts and the Government’s lack of vision for the economy and lack of commitment ... More >>
Overseas investors eye potential NZ state-asset sales
Thursday, 12 May 2011, 1:00 pm | PSA
Overseas investors eye potential New Zealand state-asset sales Foreign investors are already eyeing the New Zealand market over the Government’s plans to partially privatise state-owned assets. This bursts the myth that any profits from sales would ... More >>
KiwiSaver changes to slash millions from essential services
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 4:58 pm | PSA
If public sector agencies are forced to pay KiwiSaver contributions directly out of their budgets, tens of millions of dollars will be cut from health and other essential services, says the PSA. More >>
Government not learned lessons of past on PPPs
Monday, 9 May 2011, 2:15 pm | PSA
PSA MEDIA RELEASE May 9th, 2011 For Immediate Use Government not learned lessons of past on public-private partnerships More >>
Company meat inspection trial – sham from start to finish
Monday, 9 May 2011, 9:15 am | Public Service Association
Statements from the Affco meat company that it has a green light from overseas markets following a company-led meat inspection trial shows the trial has been nothing more than a front for a preordained outcome, says the PSA. More >>
PSA supports MPs for refusing to buy into fire at will
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 3:27 pm | Public Service Association
The PSA supports members of parliament who are refusing to back a proposal that would see all new Parliamentary Service staff put on a 90 day trial with no right to challenge unfair dismissal. More >>
KiwiSaver cuts will further tighten noose on gov departments
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 12:50 pm | PSA
Changes to the way public servants’ contributions are paid to KiwiSaver could further squeeze departmental budgets and impact on services says the PSA. Public Service employer contributions are presently administered through a centralised fund but ... More >>
No cuts to policy advice spending realistic, says PSA
Thursday, 28 April 2011, 12:19 pm | PSA
No cuts to policy advice spending realistic, says PSA The fact that the Treasury report, released today, on policy advice spending recommends no cuts to policy advice spending is realistic, says the PSA, the public sector union. “As the report acknowledges, ... More >>
PSA supports quest for greater public sector efficiency
Wednesday, 13 April 2011, 2:18 pm | PSA
The release of the Treasury report identifying ways to make the public sector more efficient will be welcomed by public servants and taxpayers, says the PSA, the public sector union. “The benchmarking of administrative and support services, which began ... More >>
Minister needs to come clean on merger plans for CRIs
Wednesday, 13 April 2011, 10:29 am | Public Service Association
If the government intends to go ahead with a radical revamp of the country's crown research institutes (CRIs) it needs to come clean and say outright what it is proposing, says the PSA, the union that represents workers employed in the CRIs. More >>
Fewer jobs in core administration means fewer services
Wednesday, 30 March 2011, 2:23 pm | PSA
The New Zealand public is the loser of cuts to core government administration because cuts at the core ultimately impact on services, says the PSA. “The latest capping figures on the core government administration issued today by the Minister of State ... More >>
New Zealand Public is Ultimate Victim of Public Sector Cuts
Tuesday, 29 March 2011, 2:54 pm | PSA
Public services that New Zealanders rely on will suffer from more budget cuts and public sector job losses, says the PSA. More >>
Meat inspectors’ union meeting denied at Affco plant
Friday, 25 March 2011, 11:53 am | Public Service Association
Meat inspectors at the Affco Imlay meat plant were once again denied the right to meet their PSA union representative at 10am this morning. This time the excuse given was a European Union (EU) audit of a company-led meat inspection trial was underway. More >>
A taste of things to come: Union denied access
Thursday, 24 March 2011, 1:27 pm | PSA
PSA MEDIA RELEASE March 24, 2011 For Immediate Use A taste of things to come: Union denied access to members More >>
$800 million in cuts will strike savage blow
Monday, 21 March 2011, 4:01 pm | PSA
The Government’s intention to cut $800 million in new spending from this year’s Budget will further strain public services already under massive pressure due to the Canterbury earthquake and will cost the country socially and economically, says ... More >>
Govt should resolve sleepover case with unions not courts
Thursday, 17 March 2011, 3:54 pm | Public Service Association
The IHC’s appeal against a court decision that grants disability support workers a minimum wage for working sleepovers is the wrong approach. The employer and the Government should sit down and talk with unions about how to resolve the case, says ... More >>
Dumping of NIWA scientists highlights Govt's carelessness
Tuesday, 15 March 2011, 9:09 am | Public Service Association
Laying-off scientists at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) is a shortsighted move that could hinder innovation and economic gains in the environmental sector says the Public Service Association (PSA). More >>
