PSA commences legal action against Home Care

PSA commences legal action against Home Care - December 2015 (PDF version) After winning employment protections last month, we sent PSA members in Home Care a survey asking what further action they were prepared to take. The PSA has carefully considered the results with your Home Care delegates. The PSA will now commence legal proceedings to protect all the conditions you currently enjoy that have…

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PSA members – supporting International Day of People with Disability

PSA members - Supporting International Day of people with Disability - November 2015 (PDF version) As PSA members know, the theme for this year’s International Day of People with Disability is “Inclusion matters: access and empowerment for people of all abilities”. The International Day of People with Disability website states that the “annual theme provides a frame for considering how people with disability are excluded…

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ADHC members directed to strike 3 December 2015

ADHC bulletin - Illawarra Shoalhaven South Western Sydney and South Eastern Districts - direction to strike (PDF version) PSA Members directed to strike in the Illawarra/Shoalhaven, South Western Sydney and South Eastern Sydney districts All PSA members working for Ageing Disability and Home Care in Illawarra/Shoalhaven District are directed to STOP WORK on 3 December 2015 for four hours between 12 noon and 4pm. Why…

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PSA members in ADHC directed to strike

PSA members in ADHC directed to strike - 3 December 2015 On 19 November, FACS announced a transfer package for disability workers which was developed without PSA consultation. The package being proposed is the same package that was rejected by the PSA in Home Care. On 23 November, the PSA notified all ADHC members that PSA Assistant General Secretary Steve Turner would put to the…

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POVB bulletin overcrowding update

POVB member bulletin overcrowding update 23 November 2015 (PDF version) This State Government’s knee jerk decision to close three jails during its term and its inability to plan for the future is creating mayhem. This is compounded by its attack on workers compensation. Last week, the PSA sought a meeting with Premier Mike Baird to highlight prison overcrowding and to ask for immediate consideration of…

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