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Privatising prisons: Nats ignore risks, real cost
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 9:33 am | Public Service Association
“National’s policy of privatising the management of prisons ignores the hidden cost of privatising prisons, the need for private companies to make a profit,” says Public Service Association National Secretary Richard Wagstaff. More >>
Labour’s employment policy recognises tough times
Monday, 27 October 2008, 5:06 pm | Public Service Association
“Labour’s employment relations policy recognises that New Zealand workers are facing a very difficult period as the world is battered by the worst economic crisis since the 1930s,” says Public Service Association National Secretary Richard Wagstaff. More >>
NZ cannot afford to cut its public services
Friday, 17 October 2008, 10:00 am | Public Service Association
"National has chosen the worst possible time to slash our public services," says Public Service Association National Secretary Brenda Pilott. More >>
PSA supports having guaranteed redundancy payment
Thursday, 9 October 2008, 4:01 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association supports a law change that would see all workers receive a redundancy payment if their job was cut due to restructuring by their employer. More >>
PSA fears deep job cuts from National tax policy
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 2:37 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association says it remains fearful the tax cuts announced by National leader John Key today will weaken public services throughout the country. More >>
Job losses at AgResearch taste of what’s to come?
Monday, 6 October 2008, 10:15 am | Public Service Association
The PSA says job cuts at the government-owned science company, AgResearch, are a taste of what’s to come if we go down the road of having tax cuts the country can’t afford. More >>
PSA welcomes Dept of Labour response
Friday, 3 October 2008, 2:04 pm | Public Service Association
The PSA welcomes the Department of Labour's response to the State Services Commission investigation on how the department handled residency applications involving family members of the former head of Immigration New Zealand, Mary Anne Thompson. More >>
Scientist elected as PSA president
Thursday, 25 September 2008, 3:04 pm | Public Service Association
Christchurch-based scientist Paula Scholes has been elected president of the Public Service Association. More >>
New Zealanders asked to consider cost of tax cuts
Monday, 22 September 2008, 10:25 am | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association is highlighting the cost of tax cuts in a series of advertisments. The advert appears in this week’s New Zealand Listener. It will also be appearing on the NZ Herald, Stuff and Scoop websites. More >>
Helen Clark, John Key to speak at PSA Conference
Friday, 19 September 2008, 10:36 am | Public Service Association
Prime Minister Helen Clark and National leader John Key will speak at the Public Service Association National Congress in Wellington next week. More >>
PSA Alarmed at privatisation proposal
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 4:56 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association is alarmed at a proposal that could lead to the privatisation of Auckland City's libraries, parks, swimming pools, art gallery and zoo. More >>
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 >>
