In what i feel to be already tough times for us workers its nice to know the State Premier of NSW cares so much about removing even more benefits from workers in the State.
AT LEAST 80,000 NSW public sector workers are set to lose salary benefits and conditions under sweeping cuts to their awards.
The O'Farrell government yesterday confirmed it had applied to the NSW Industrial Commission this week to change 98 awards for public sector workers, including 1000 nurses who assist people with disabilities and those in aged-care facilities.
Clerical staff, librarians, parks and gardens staff, school administration assistants, regulatory inspectors and legal officers are also among those set to lose their entitlement to long-held conditions, including an annual leave loading of 17.5 per cent.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/ofarrell-to-slash-benefits-for-80000-workers-20120828-24yvq.html#ixzz24u3hJxAe
To PSA
members,
The PSA
Executive today authorised a stop work meeting of members to brief members on
the attacks on wages, jobs and conditions by the O’Farrell Government, on what
the PSA is doing and what more we plan to do.
Since coming
to office the Government has:
·
Imposed a cap on pay
rises, including passing legislation limiting the role of the industrial
umpire, NSW Industrial Relations Commission. This latter part has been
challenged in the High Court by the PSA. The hearing is on September 5.
·
Ordered agencies to cut
jobs – 5,000 were ordered in their first budget, and 10,000 jobs in the latest
budget (based on a 1.2% cut in labour costs). Cuts across the service are being
announced on a regular drip-feed of information.
·
Lodged a claim in the NSW
Industrial Relations Commission to cut conditions and allowances, some of which
will affect all members and others will unfairly impact on groups of members.
(see PSA website at http://www.psa.labor.net.au)
·
And today they have told
the PSA and the Commission that they will be lodging awards to strip another
hundred public sector conditions awards. This will include awards covering
other unions as well as the other PSA conditions awards.
We have
resisted each attack as it arose and we now want to step up our efforts.
The
authorised stop work on October 8 will be from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm, and for
longer where travel time necessitates.
The main
meeting will be at Sydney Town Hall, in the lower town hall, and the address
from officials will be webcast to 30-40 other meeting venues around the state.
Members who
attend these meetings will be able to vote on a resolution concerning future
actions designed to protect jobs, conditions and wage-setting practices.
The PSA
Executive has authorised all members covered by State Awards and Agreements to
stop work on October 8 and attend a stop work meeting. (Members covered by the
federal industrial system are invited but are not being directed to stop work.)
John
Cahill
General
Secretary
Sue
Walsh
President
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