PSA General Secretary broadcast to all members and website subscribers

Situation Report As members are painfully aware, individual and collective member needs are increasing due to this Government’s escalation of restructures, privatisation, performance management, badly supported IT projects and targeting of conditions. These attacks are unprecedented in NSW public service history and have also resulted in massive work overload for many members. In addition, the NSW Government has changed the way it manages staff through…

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Reform of unions must be driven by members – The Daily Telegraph

In response to the findings of the Heydon Royal Commission into trade unions, PSA General Secretary, Anne Gardiner had the opinion piece below published in the Daily Telegraph.

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Great Win

On Friday 4 December, the Court of Appeal handed down a very important decision in favour of the PSA and all injured workers in NSW. For the last two years, the PSA has been fighting to have an injured Correctional Officer returned to his previous employment under Section 240 and 241 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987. This member was injured undertaking his duties and…

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Story re PSA - ADHC direction to strike

PSA Members may have seen a story about the PSA online in the Sydney Morning Herald I am writing to reassure you that PSA staff and I remain focused on members' needs and also on fighting against the government's mass privatisation agenda, job cuts, restructures, work overload and attacks on conditions such as flexible work agreements. Article HERE PSA Strike in ADHC Late last week…

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Jail break - Anne Gardiner in the Daily Telegraph

Yesterday PSA General Secretary, Anne Gardiner had an opinion piece published in the Daily Telegraph highlighting the problems with prison overcrowding and workers compensation. You can read that article HERE (https://psa.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Jails-are-breaking-Anne-Gardiner-Telegraph-11-November-2015.jpg)

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