Home Care Service transition negotiations report back

Home Care Bulletin 18 November 2014 (PDF version) The PSA met with the FACS and NSW Industrial Relations negotiators on Tuesday 11 November. Michael Coutts-Trotter was also in attendance at this meeting. The Government responded to the PSA’s demands that the transfer package include a three year guaranteed protection of wages, conditions and jobs and a 30 week transfer payment as per previous privatisations. Michael…

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Serco prison guard incident highlights PSA concerns about the non-government sector

Read the Daily Telegraph article HERE A RUNAWAY asylum seeker was arrested yesterday at the home of his female Serco prison guard lover who had just had his baby. Detainee Aziz Ali Abdulkader is alleged to have fled from detention in Brisbane just over nine months ago and was ­rearrested at his lover’s home in Greenacre yesterday morning. According to a Serco whistleblower, who informed…

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Corrective Services POVB/COVB/ non-Custodial Industrial Bulletin

Corrective Services Bulletin October 2014 (PDF version) All branches of the PSA membership met with CSNSW Executive on Tuesday, 23 September 2014 to discuss the upcoming budgetary requirements for the period 2014-15. In that meeting PSA representatives were advised of the $24 million dollar shortfall in the budget for the financial year. Due to a commitment from the NSW Attorney General, CSNSW brought in all…

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POVB Bulletin - Workers Compensation update

POVB Bulletin - Workers Compensation Campaign - 19 September 2014 (PDF version) There has been considerable media interest in the issue of Prison Officers workers’ compensation. The PSA was successful in the strategy very early into the piece to buy into media and social concern over inmate numbers. We managed to get considerable media coverage, including the front page of the Telegraph on one occasion,…

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OneFACS and the transition of senior and executive staff update (excluding Home Care)

FACS Bulletin members update September 2014 (PDF version) On 16 June, the PSA wrote to the Secretary of FACS to outline our concerns about proposed changes to the senior staff resulting from the Government Sector Employment Act and to seek further information. The PSA met with the Secretary on 28 July 2014, followed by the Joint Consultative Committee meeting of 2 September 2014 where the…

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