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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 >>
PSA Alarmed By Auckland Museum Restructuring
Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 5:01 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association is alarmed that the Auckland Regional Museum has shed 46 staff through redundancies and voluntary severance as a result of large scale restructuring. More >>
PSA Opposes Mental Health Workers being Named
Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 11:34 am | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association says naming mental health workers on websites makes a difficult job even harder. More >>
PSA Concerned About Job Losses
Wednesday, 2 July 2008, 2:40 pm | Public Service Association
“Privatising ACC will push up the cost of accident compensation for workers and employers and could result in ACC staff losing their jobs,” says Public Service Association National Secretary, Brenda Pilott. More >>
Job Losses And Increased Costs If ACC Privatised
Wednesday, 2 July 2008, 1:57 pm | Public Service Association
“Privatising ACC will push up the cost of accident compensation for workers and employers and could result in ACC staff losing their jobs,” says Public Service Association National Secretary, Brenda Pilott. More >>
Calls For TV Debates on Future of Public Services
Wednesday, 2 July 2008, 9:58 am | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association is today asking TVNZ and TV3 to screen debates between the Prime Minister Helen Clark and Opposition Leader John Key on the future of public services. More >>
PSA Negotiates Settlement with DOL
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 1:48 pm | Public Service Association
A PSA- led negotiating team has reached a settlement in its collective agreement negotiations with the Department of Labour and all industrial action by department staff is being withdrawn. More >>
PSA Negotiates Settlement with Dept of Labour
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 1:31 pm | Public Service Association
A PSA-led negotiating team has reached a settlement in its collective agreement negotiations with the Department of Labour and all industrial action by department staff is being withdrawn. More >>
Most Don’t Want Tax Cuts Paid For By Service Cuts
Tuesday, 24 June 2008, 9:52 am | Public Service Association
One of the first issue-based polls since the Budget shows that 60% of New Zealanders don’t want tax cuts bigger than those in the Budget if they have to be paid for by reduced public service spending or increased government borrowing. More >>
Department of Labour Staff Vote For 24-Hr Strikes
Thursday, 19 June 2008, 9:40 am | Public Service Association
Staff at the Department of Labour, who belong to the PSA, walked off the job again today. They attended stopwork meetings where they voted to escalate their action, and embark on a series of 24-hour strikes, if the department does not improve the ... More >>
PSA Files New Strike Notices
Saturday, 14 June 2008, 1:01 pm | PSA
The PSA has served the Department of Labour with two weeks notice of 14 more two-hour strikes to run from Friday June 27 to Thursday July 10. More >>
PSA Ready To Resume Negotiations With DOL
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 5:04 pm | Public Service Association
Around 750 Department of Labour staff, who belong to the PSA, went on strike from 10 am to midday today. This included border security officers at Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch airports, health and safety inspectors, immigration officers, labour ... More >>
Akld Local Govt Staff Royal Commission Submission
Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 1:44 pm | Public Service Association
A submission from 2400 Auckland local government staff is being presented to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Auckland Governance today. “This submission is from people who work hard to provide essential services that Aucklanders use and ... More >>
What Impact Would UF Tax Cuts Have On Services?
Monday, 9 June 2008, 10:15 am | Public Service Association
“The PSA has a simple question for United Future. What impact would its tax cuts, costing $4.5 billion a year, have on public services?” says PSA National Secretary, Brenda Pilott. More >>
