Latest media releases from the PSA.
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Lack of PPE puts workers at risk of infection and disease
25 Nov 2021
Today’s announcement about Covid care in the community means that New Zealanders need to be confident that community support workers, who will increasingly be coming into... Read more -
PSA wāhine call for an end to violence and harassment
25 Nov 2021
PSA is the largest union in New Zealand with over 80 000 members, of which 73 percent are women. Read more -
PSA mourns loss of much loved Kaumātua
18 Nov 2021
Kua hinga te tōtara i te wao tapu nui a Tāne. The tōtara has fallen in Tāne’s great forest. Read more -
PSA welcomes plan to reduce pay gaps
16 Nov 2021
PSA Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi welcomes the launch today of Kia Toipoto, the gender, Māori, Pasefika and ethnic pay action plan and Te Orowaru, a... Read more -
Rolling toward a non-disabling society
29 Oct 2021
PSA Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi welcomes the creation of the Ministry for Disabled People. The union represents over 9000 care and support workers who work... Read more -
Final Three Waters decisions must involve unions
27 Oct 2021
Local government workers must be part of the final three waters decisions, says the nation’s largest union. Read more -
Wide gap between aspiration and action in emissions reduction plan
13 Oct 2021
The Public Service Association believes the government’s consultation document on an emissions reduction plan shows a wide gap between its aspiration for a just transition to... Read more -
South Canterbury home support breakthrough – legal action withdrawn
06 Oct 2021
The Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi is pleased to announce that a breakthrough has been agreed with South Canterbury DHB and PSA that... Read more -
Voices of Oranga Tamariki workers have been heard
29 Sep 2021
The Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi welcomes the initial report of the Oranga Tamariki Ministerial Advisory Board, Kahu Aroha. Read more -
PSA takes legal action against South Canterbury DHB
05 Sep 2021
The Public Service Association filed legal action on Friday to ensure home support workers, left in the lurch by the termination of a private contract, can... Read more
