Members' bulletin: icare

The first Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) with icare for 2022 was held on 24 of February and was attended by your PSA Delegates and industrial staff. The following is a report back to members on that meeting. Return to office As we start to finally look at coming out of the ongoing restrictions in response to the COVID pandemic, the next major adjustment is the…

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Transport Management Centre consultation and award negotiations

Transport Management Centre consultation On 24 February 2022 the PSA met with Transport Management Centre (TMC) Management to continue discussions regarding issues in the workplace.  The following items were discussed: Recruitment: We have continued to pressure the TMC to fill vacant roles. We understand the recruitment has commenced this week. Cultural Review: Not only is a working party looking to be developed but the TMC…

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NPWS NPVB bulletin

The National Parks Vocational Branch (NPVB) met on Monday 14 February to discuss a range of industrial issues affecting its members. Please see a summary of the issues below: UNIFORM REFERENCE GROUP Uniform roll out seems to have missed out a vital step of asking office-based staff to trial their proposed uniform for style, function and comfort. The use of young, slim models in the information distributed…

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Invite for lunchtime webinar!

Tuesday 8 March 2022 is International Women’s Day! On International Women’s Day we will focus on three key themes RESPECT >SAFETY>EQUITY. PSA CPSU NSW invites you to join us for a 30 minute Zoom lunchtime express webinar with Sophie Cotsis MP commencing at 1pm. Member of the Legislative Assembly Member for Canterbury Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations, and Shadow Minister for Work Health and Safety…

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Guidelines for Non-Custodial employees during an industrial dispute

Over the past few years, Correctional Officers have sometimes made the decision to take strike action to bring about change on matters such as inadequate handling of inmate violence and the devastating impact that Benchmarking has had on staffing levels and therefore prison safety. When this happens, inmates are locked down and supervised by a skeleton team of Commissioned Correctional Officers. It has previously been…

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