Taronga Conservation Society Australia- Dubbo and Sydney - members meeting notice

Your PSA Organiser, Industrial Officer and delegates, will be onsite at Taronga Sydney, for a lunchtime members’ meeting to discuss the upcoming “transition to pay in arrears” and how your union can best support the membership during the process. Rebecca Edwards, Divisional Director, People Culture and Safety, will in attendance at the beginning of the meeting to do an update on the upcoming changes. This…

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Reconstruction Authority Vocational Advisory Group – first meeting update

The Reconstruction Authority Vocational Advisory Group (VG) delegates met for the first time on Tuesday 29 July at PSA House where they participated in training to support them in their new roles and began important discussions on key issues raised by members, including loss of flex hours while deployed and the inconsistency of payment of overtime for some teams and not others. These are critical…

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Rural Fire Service Tamworth Member meeting with PSA president Nicole Jess

You are Invited: member meeting at Rural Fire Service Tamworth North West Area Command. PSA President Nicole Jess and PSA representatives will be at Rural Fire Service Tamworth on Tuesday 5 August for an all-member meeting. PSA is here to support and listen to your concerns. We would really love to hear your thoughts and feedback, which will let us know the changes and assistance…

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Child Protection Helpline Dispute – outcome

The PSA raised a dispute with the department regarding their expectation of the Helpline and DV Line returning to the office ‘principally’. This would mean attending the Liverpool office, or a local Community Services Centres (CSC) if you are a regional Helpline Caseworker, at least 50 per cent of your shifts. Following conciliation in the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC), we have reached an agreed position…

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PSA meets with Transport Secretary around job cut announcement

The PSA met yesterday with Transport Secretary Josh Murray in regard to last week’s announcement to cut up to 950 Transport Senior Service Mangaers (TSSM) and Award positions to reach a “savings target”. Transport for NSW (TfNSW) went into further details about the “savings target” and what that is composed of. TfNSW confirmed that the overall savings target is $600 million, composed of: Approximately $279…

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