Latest media releases from the PSA.
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Invercargill City Council wage cuts cruel, unnecessary and legally questionable
30 Apr 2020
Staff at Invercargill City Council are shocked and upset following an announcement by Chief Executive Clare Hadley that the Council intends to slash their pay by... Read more -
Now more than ever, undervalued admin workers deserve pay and respect
22 Apr 2020
Our hospitals, courts, government departments and local councils can’t function without admin workers, so when will they get the pay and respect they deserve? Read more -
PSA cautiously welcomes PPE review: "We need gloves, not promises"
21 Apr 2020
The Public Service Association supports the decision to independently review PPE distribution and supply, but the union says health workers are sick and tired of empty... Read more -
"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
