Crikey.com links a former PSA official, now Labor MP, to the union election campaign in 2008.
Read more in a media report here
Pay deal in the news – and in the Industrial Commission
Whatever John Cahill and Sue Walsh say about the 2008-2011 pay deal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) they can't deny that they signed the pay deal without putting it to the membership for full examination and a vote.
Regardless of what the MOU says or doesn't say the Department of Education and Training (DET) now wants its pound of flesh and is making a large claim against jobs and conditions in Schools, DET and TAFE to make up the unfunded 1.5%, about $127 million or 957 jobs.
Read more in a media report here
and more PPSA analysis here
PSA in uproar over funding politicans
"Charges that the Public Service Association has improperly supported political candidates with financial donations have been raised as the union heads towards its 2008 internal elections." Read more here. Find more evidence of political donations contrary to the then PSA Rules from the NSW Election Funding Authority site: search for 'Public Service Association' here
PS shortchanged on pay case
"The recent wage increase for the NSW Public Service has been labelled a “stinker” by a reform group within the Public Service Association which planned to use the pay outcome to fuel a challenge in the union elections due for later this year." Read more here
Indymedia on PSA undemocratic rule changes
"The NSW Public Service Association (PSA), the union representing state public servants, has adopted eight controversial changes to its rules which will have a significant impact on the way that the union operates." Read more here
The Australian reports on PSA rule changes
A news article in The Australian newspaper examines the PSA becoming a party political union under another of the controversial rule changes in "NSW Public Service Association scraps 'political' rule"
Past coverage in the media
NSW Auditor-General's Report "Relocating Agencies to Regional Areas"
This 2005 report from the Auditor-General was the result of a concerted effort by PPSA delegates working with independents and others. Paul Petersen, PSA Vice President, explained: "In the PSA Cuts and Relocations Committee we tried to inspire the union and its leadership to put up a real fight for the rights of members when job cuts and relocations of public service agencies occurred."
The report stated in part: The Government Asset Management Committee "did not support its advice to government with well-developed
business cases assessing the viability of relocating the agency and possible
new locations. When studies were undertaken, they did not comply with
business case principles." Read more.
Anne Gardiner, PSA Central Councillor, said at the time: "Clearly the real case for these relocations was to bolster the government's standing in marginal electorates".
Sydney Morning Herald covers 2004 PSA elections
"The people who actually operate the groaning government machinery of this state are the 45,000 members of the NSW Public Service Association, most of whom would historically be supporters of the Labor Party. But some of the public's servants are revolting. Many are not happy with Labor, either the political party or the union structure, and a grassroots movement has emerged to contest Labor's virtual monopoly control of the union's affairs."
Read more of the Paul Sheehan article here.
General Secretary, John Cahill, answers Paul Sheehan with the usual desperate slurs here.
"The job that moved and took mum with it"
Anne Gardiner, delegate to PSA Central Council and PSA Womens Council, led a fight to gain stronger recognition of carers' responsibilities. Read more.
"It's a public service not a public circus"
Leon Parissi, delegate to PSA Central Council and SPSF Branch Council, led a fight against job cuts in DET and TAFE, 2003/04. Read more.
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