Latest media releases from the PSA.
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"Our People Matter": Telling the stories of our essential workers
20 Apr 2020
Essential workers in the public sector are on the front line of the battle against covid-19, and their efforts keep us all safe. Read more -
Home support workers are on the front line, so why haven’t they been paid?
10 Apr 2020
Despite guaranteed government funding and subsidy schemes such as essential service leave, the largest employers in New Zealand’s home support sector have this week either not... Read more -
Unless changed, MoH guidelines treat community support workers as expendable
31 Mar 2020
The Public Service Association says its members are receiving contradictory messages from the Ministry of Health that put at risk their lives and those of their... Read more -
Home support workers may refuse unsafe work if PPE not provided
29 Mar 2020
Home support workers say they are scared to go to work because without adequate supplies of personal protective equipment they risk spreading Covid-19 to their... Read more -
PSA welcomes govt economic package, calls on employers to commit to its implementation
17 Mar 2020
The Public Service Association welcomes the government’s $12.1 billion economic package, and calls on all employers to ensure workers affected by Covid-19 continue to receive full... Read more -
HealthCare NZ makes concessions, but remains committed to harmful job cuts
12 Mar 2020
After weeks of protest nationwide by Public Service Association members, clients and families, the company has reduced the number of regional jobs it will cut but... Read more -
Proposed bonfire of regulations will burn ordinary New Zealanders
11 Mar 2020
National Party leader Simon Bridges has proposed a ‘bonfire of regulations’, but the Public Service Association says it’s a smokescreen for an ideologically motivated agenda divorced... Read more -
HealthCare NZ makes concessions, but remains committed to harmful job cuts
11 Mar 2020
After weeks of protest nationwide by Public Service Association members, clients and families, the company has reduced the number of regional jobs it will cut but... Read more -
HealthCare NZ job cuts symptom of deeper crisis in support sector
26 Feb 2020
Public Service Association members have now spent weeks campaigning against over 200 proposed job cuts at HealthCare New Zealand, a subsidiary of NZ Health Group, alongside... Read more -
PSA Welcomes Increased Government Funding For Homeless Support
14 Feb 2020
The Public Service Association welcomes the government’s announcement it will invest $300 million in transitional housing, and says union members will want to make the plan... Read more
