Latest media releases from the PSA.
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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 -
PSA welcomes decision to keep Concert on FM, calls for jobs to be protected
11 Feb 2020
While the decision to keep RNZ Concert playing on FM has been welcomed by staff, they are in no mood to celebrate yet with 18 workers... Read more -
PSA takes Mana Wahine Claim to Waitangi
04 Feb 2020
The Rūnanga of the Public Service Association is holding a stall at Waitangi on February 6 to raise awareness of its claim challenging employment inequities suffered... Read more -
PSA opposes Healthcare NZ proposal to disestablish up to 200 jobs
30 Jan 2020
Employees of Healthcare NZ were today left angry and concerned for their future following a company proposal to disestablish up to 200 jobs in regions around... Read more -
Inland Revenue expanding use of temp agencies to undermine pay and conditions
28 Jan 2020
New Zealanders who need advice from Inland Revenue face long wait times and call disconnections, but instead of training more permanent staff the department intends... Read more -
Hawkes Bay home support workers call for care not cutbacks
10 Jan 2020
Support workers who provide care and support for elderly and disabled people in Hawkes Bay say they want to continue helping vulnerable people with housework, and... Read more -
NIWA science workers end 17-month industrial dispute
19 Dec 2019
Union members at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research finally have a new collective agreement after 17 months of bargaining and nationwide industrial... Read more -
PSA members at IRD win salary increases and new pay system
19 Dec 2019
Members of the Public Service Association at Inland Revenue are celebrating the ratification of a new collective agreement, through which many staff will receive up to... Read more
