CORRECTIVE SERVICES CUTS WILL PUT DUBBO COMMUNITY AT RISK

12 Corrective Services jobs are to be cut in Dubbo when the Community Compliance and Monitoring Group (CCMG) office closes as part of a State-wide restructure by Corrective Services NSW. According to the Western Plains Community Union Alliance the job cuts will mean high-risk offenders will no longer be supervised and monitored after business hours and on weekends. The CCMG currently monitors extreme high-risk offenders…

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Minimum Standards for Casual Public Sector Workers Needed

MEDIA RELEASE Friday, 8 February 2013 Report confirms O’Farrell Government should introduce minimum standards for casual public sector workers The O’Farrell Government should look to introduce minimum standards for public sector workers in NSW, in line with the recommendations of a new report showing inequality is growing in the workforce between full-time workers and insecure, “peripheral” casual workers. “Casual workers suffer from a whole range…

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Correctional Officers' Professionalism Highlighted on 2GB

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MEDIA RELEASE- Corrective services officers followed standard procedures in Thomson case

Friday 1 February 2013 Corrective services officers followed standard procedures in Thomson case The Prison Officers Vocational Branch of the Public Service Association of NSW (PSA) take great exception to the disparaging remarks and comments made by the solicitor of Federal MP Mr Craig Thomson. Anne Gardiner General Secretary of the PSA said: “The Officers involved in the search of Mr Thomson were at all…

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Job and Income Security will be the Key Election Issue for Working People

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 by the Australian Council of Trade Unions The ACTU calls for a real and extensive discussion on job security, following the Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s announcement of a date for the federal Election and a commitment to focus on jobs. ACTU President, Ged Kearney, said the PM’s surprise announcement should be the trigger to intensifying discussion around issues Australian’s care about…

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