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Parliament – resolutions of 14 November
15 November 2006
Dear PSA Members
This bulletin outlines the resolutions passed at
the General Meeting held in the Theatrette on
Tuesday, 14 November 2006, and lists the
Work Bans currently in place at Parliament
House.
Resolutions
The resolutions passed at the PSA Parliament
House Workplace Group General Meeting on
14 November 2006 are as follows:
Resolution 1
Where a possible conflict of interest arises in
the course of negotiations, members of the
PSA negotiations team should declare their
interest before participating in direct negotiations
with Parliament House management.
Resolution 2
That:
- The following bans be lifted:
- ban on room set-ups on Sitting Days
- ban on the issuing of network access to
temporary Sitting Day electorate staff of
MPs, and on the provision of ITS support
and training for these staff on Sitting
Days, and
- As negotiations are ongoing in a number
of areas, and in order to ensure that management
acts in good faith, the following
bans remain in place until further notice:
- E-Clips and 'room service' to Members
and their staff from the Library
- Reduced cleaning services to
Members' offices
- Ban on facilitation of interstate and
overseas travel for parliamentary committees,
including accompanying delegations.
Resolution 3
The Parliament House Workplace Group
extends thanks to Chris Papadopoulos and
Stefan Petkov for their hard work in advancing
the interests of our members at Parliament
House.
Resolution 4
That vacancies on the Workplace Group
Committee be filled at the next Annual General
Meeting of the PSA Parliament House
Workplace Group.
Resolution 5
This meeting acknowledges that the most
important outcome of the campaign is to protect
the working conditions and job security of
staff remaining at Parliament House and to
ensure that any changes do not result in
excessive workloads or unfair conditions for
our members. For this reason, this meeting
endorses the continuation of the Work to Rule
ban and the ban on performing the work of
positions left vacant as a result of the staff
freeze until agreement has been reached on
all proposals, and until the changes have been
fully implemented.
This meeting acknowledges that the success
of this outcome depends on good-faith negotiations
from all levels of management in
Parliament House. Further industrial action will
be taken if any level of management:
- fails to consult with the PSA and members
in good faith
- attempts to implement proposals without
PSA agreement
- does not meet previously agreed deadlines
to produce proposals or implement
agreed proposals without prior consultation
with the PSA.
Resolution 6
This meeting acknowledges the work done by
the PSA Workplace Group Committee and
those committee members and PSA representatives
in negotiating with the Treasurer. This
meeting acknowledges the outcome achieved
as being that the Treasurer has directed
Treasury to re-examine the $671,000 2005/06
budget shortfall figure against past supplementation
to calculate how much of that overspend
resulted from efficiency savings being
applied to the entire Parliament Budget. This
result is consistent with the principle the
Treasurer is now applying, ie that the 1% efficiency
savings only apply to that part of the
budget which Parliament controls.
This meeting directs the committee to immediately
inform all PSA Parliament House members
of the outcome of the Treasurer's reexamination
of the 2005/06 budget shortfall
figure.
Work Bans
The following work bans are currently in place
for PSA members at Parliament House until
further notice:
- Work to Rule
- Ban on undertaking the duties of positions
not filled due to the staff freeze
- Ban on e-Clips and 'room service' to
Members and their staff from the Library
- Reduced cleaning services to Members'
offices
- Ban on facilitation of interstate and overseas
travel for parliamentary committees,
including accompanying delegations
- Ban on provision of services to Members'
dining area.
CONTACT DELEGATES
| Peter Tuziak | Secretary (x3444) | LA Attendant Services |
| Cathy Nunn | Acting Chair (x2456) | LC Procedure Office |
| Jeff Page | Acting Vice Chair (x2440) | Assembly Procedure Office |
| Denise Byrne | Women's Officer (x2288) | Library |
| Chris Papadopoulos | Delegate (x2521) | LA Committee |
| Ian Faulks | Delegate (x 2843, 0413 028 132) | LA Committee |
| Lesley Gruit | Delegate (x2301, 0417 064 246) | President's Office |
| Dominika Rajewski | Delegate (x2204) | LC Ian Cohen's office |
| Grant Sheen | Delegate (x2013) | Engineering |
| Jason Capper | Delegate (x2600) | Security Services |
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Parliament - consultation & negotiation process to address budget cuts
Authorised by John Cahill, General Secretary, Public Service Association of NSW
Contact Details
Kate Walenkamp
Ph: 02 9220 0929
Fax: 02 9262 1623
kwalenkamp@psa.asn.au
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