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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Ray Hadley rips into Corrections Minister Geoff Lee - Ray Hadley 2GB - 02/03/2022

Ray Hadley has ripped into Corrections Minister Geoff Lee, labelling him the “biggest dope” in the NSW ministry. Prison officers have walked off the job, demanding support from the government after a prisoner “got a slap on the wrist” after he held a shiv at the neck of a prison officer in 2020. Minister Lee said, in a statement, “I am extremely disappointed in the…

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Prison officers across NSW walk off the job for 24 hours - Daily Telegraph 2 Mar 2022

As the majority of NSW battles a flood disaster, prison officers are walking off the job amid anger at Attorney General Mark Speakman’s response to the sentencing of an inmate. Prison officers at jails across the state are walking off the job until tomorrow morning, furious at what they believe was a light sentence handed down to an inmate who took a guard hostage at…

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Guidelines for Community Corrections 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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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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