Public Service Association

The PSA Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi is a democratic union of more than 83,000 people working in the state, community, local government & health sectors.

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Web attacks on mental health workers unnecessary

Thursday, 18 September 2008, 12:55 am | Public Service Association

The Public Service Association says attacking individual mental health workers on a website is unnecessary, unfair and will not improve mental health services. More >>

Hospital’s unsung heroes present fair pay petition

Wednesday, 10 September 2008, 4:57 pm | Public Service Association

Staff in public hospitals who do essential administrative work presented a 6000-signature petition at Parliament today highlighting the low pay they receive for running our hospitals. More >>

Hospital’s unsung heroes present fair pay petition

Monday, 8 September 2008, 12:16 am | Public Service Association

Staff in public hospitals who do essential administrative work are presenting a 6000-signature petition at Parliament highlighting the low pay they receive for running our hospitals. More >>

New immigration department would be expensive

Thursday, 4 September 2008, 5:02 pm | Public Service Association

The Public Service Association questions the cost and value of National’s proposal to set up a new immigration department. National released its immigration policy this afternoon. It wants to explore the possibility of establishing a stand-alone ... More >>

Mediation Fails In Healthcare of NZ dispute

Tuesday, 26 August 2008, 3:03 pm | Public Service Association

Negotiations yesterday, involving a mediator, have failed to resolve a pay dispute covering 1200 community support workers employed by Healthcare of NZ Ltd. More >>

PSA seeking to bridge large pay gap

Monday, 25 August 2008, 8:57 am | Public Service Association

The Public Service Association is disappointed that NZCare has chosen to make public comments about collective agreement negotiations with the union ahead of mediated talks between the two parties in Wellington tomorrow. More >>

Possible merger of HortRersearch and Crop and Food

Wednesday, 13 August 2008, 4:15 pm | Public Service Association

The Public Service Association is pleased that staff at HortResearch and Crop and Food Research are being consulted on a possible merger of the two crown research institutes. More >>

National continues to get its facts wrong

Tuesday, 12 August 2008, 2:24 pm | Public Service Association

National’s welfare spokesperson Judith Collins is wrong when she claims that only a third of the staff at the Ministry of Social Development work in the front line. More >>

Conclusions Reached by Pay Study Questionable

Thursday, 7 August 2008, 12:46 am | Public Service Association

A pay study that concludes public sector workers are paid substantially more than private sector workers contradicts market surveys carried out by public sector employers. More >>

Conclusions Reached by Pay Study Questionable

Thursday, 7 August 2008, 12:18 am | PSA

Conclusions Reached by Pay Study Author Are Highly Questionable A pay study that concludes public sector workers are paid substantially more than private sector workers contradicts market surveys carried out by public sector employers. More >>

Which Services Will National Cut For Tax Cuts?

Monday, 4 August 2008, 12:23 am | Public Service Association

“Now that John Key has ruled out borrowing to pay for its tax cuts, the people of New Zealand need to know which services National will cut to pay for its tax cut programme,” says Public Service Association National Secretary, Brenda Pilott. More >>

Industrial Action By Fisheries Staff Postponed

Friday, 25 July 2008, 5:02 pm | Public Service Association

Planned industrial action by 220 staff at the Ministry of Fisheries has been suspended after their negotiating team today reached a settlement-in-principle in negotiations for a new collective agreement. More >>

National Offers Workers Less Job Security

Thursday, 24 July 2008, 3:25 pm | Public Service Association

"As the economy slows and prices rise National has delivered an employment policy that reduces job security and allows workers to sell their holidays to help make ends meet," says Public Services Association National Secretary, Richard Wagstaff. More >>

Fisheries Staff To Strike If Talks Fail

Monday, 21 July 2008, 2:03 pm | Public Service Association

Staff at the Ministry of Fisheries, including fishery officers who protect fishing stocks from poachers, are to take industrial action if negotiations this week fail to produce a settlement. More >>

PSA Leading Role In Developing Productivity Kit

Friday, 18 July 2008, 10:03 am | Public Service Association

The Public Service Association worked with the Department of Labour and the State Services Commission to develop the State Sector Productivity Toolkit launched today. More >>

PSA Says Everyone Will Lose Over National Policy

Thursday, 17 July 2008, 9:21 am | Public Service Association

“Everyone will lose if National gets the chance to privatise ACC because we’ll all have to pay more for accident compensation,” says Richard Wagstaff, National Secretary of the Public Service Association, which has 670 members working for the ... More >>

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