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PSA wins money owed to SAS staff

The PSA has helped win back pay for three School Learning Support Officers (SLSOs) who had been underpaid for years. Three staff members at the one school were at times engaged less than the minimum two hours per day. When they did work more than two hours per day, they were not paid for their 10-minute morning tea break. The three members contacted the PSA…

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How the PSA converted temporary Home Care staff

The PSA assisted temporary Home Care employees secure ongoing employment as they move to the private sector. On 20 March 2015, the PSA wrote to Department of Family & Community Services (FACS) Secretary, Michael Coutts- Trotter, about temporary-staff arrangements. Timeline: how a meeting became a win for member power This is an example of how the process worked for a small group in the Referral…

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Grafton open; but prisons still packed tight

The inmates may not be too thrilled to be there, but the community of Grafton is happy to have its prison back in operation. After a long campaign by the PSA, backed by the local chamber of commerce, council, and the local National Party MP, the Baird Government re-opened more than 100 beds at the correctional facility. The initial expansion of the prison saw about…

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Trustee and Guardian in retreat over closures

The PSA has helped save three regional Trustee and Guardian offices slated for closure or a reduction in services. In a move that would have pulled services from some of the state’s most vulnerable people, the Trustee and Guardian offices in Armidale, Bathurst, Broken Hill, Lismore, Gosford, Bankstown, Penrith, Burwood, Chatswood, Hurstville, Liverpool, Wollongong, Newcastle and Miranda were slated for closure or a severe reduction…

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