Richard Wagstaff

The Public Service Association's National Secretary Richard Wagstaff joins the programme to talk about its claim that no cost benefit analysis has been done into merging the Ministry of Economic… Audio

The PSA says merging two departments and two ministries into one new entity will do more harm than good if it's simply a way of disguising more job cuts and restructuring. Audio

A rash of closures of government buildings that pose an earthquake risk may just be the tip of the iceberg, as assessments of hundreds of government buildings are carried out around the country. Audio

IHC workers have agreed to a compromise deal on sleepover payments heading off a move by the employers to appeal the controversial case to the Supreme Court next week. Audio

With Richard Wagstaff - National secretariat of the Public Service Association. Audio

Almost two hundred jobs are going from Inland Revenue provincial offices in what the PSA is calling a savage blow for small communities. Audio

Disability workers have overwhelmingly rejected a Government offer to settle their long-running dispute over sleepover shifts. Audio

Union members have rejected a Government offer aimed at settling the controversy over sleepover payments for disability support workers. Audio

The state sector union is warning more services and jobs will be cut as the government steps up the pace of spending cuts in the public sector. Audio

The goverment is looking for savings of at least ten percent or 20 million dollars from its latest round of public service reforms and won't rule out cutting services if it can't meet that goal. Audio

The Government, unions and health care providers have agreed to negotiate over controversial sleepover payments for disability support workers. Audio

The cost of paying the minimum wage to shift workers who sleepover for their job may have significant implications for the public health service. Audio

The Court of Appeal has ruled that disability support workers are working when they do overnight sleepover shifts, and should be paid the adult minimum wage for every hour of the shift. Audio

The Prime Minister, John Key, signalled further significant change to the welfare system and indicated the likelihood of public sector mergers in yesterday's annual Statement to Parliament. Audio

The Prime Minister has signalled there will be further tightening up of the public service this year - saying the Government will be scaling up what works, and getting rid of what doesn't. Audio

The union that represents workers in the public sector, says the rises are lavish, and dwarf those of court staff who fought for a year to get a two per cent pay increase. Audio

Richard Wagstaff, the National Secretary of the Public Service Association - the union that represents the majority of council workers - discusses the implications for the PSA's members affected by… Audio

The economy's now been growing for a year but wages are continue to languish. Audio

Aucklanders who work for local bodies in frontline jobs at libraries, pools, parks or who look after key infrastructure such as drains have been told their jobs are safe in the move to the super city.

The Otago and Southland District Health Boards are today begining formal public and staff consultation on whether the two boards should merge. Audio