Public Service Association response to NSW wage freeze – Mirage News 27 May 2020
27 May 2020
As stated by Stewart Little, general secretary of the Public Service Association:
鈥淭oday鈥檚 decision is extraordinarily disappointing for our members.
鈥淢ore than 60 percent of our members are women, many of them are on medium to low incomes and the sole earners for their families, and many live in regional NSW. This will hurt them.
鈥淭hey are prison officers, teachers鈥 aides, park rangers, social workers and the public health heroes who have contained coronavirus. They haven鈥檛 stopped working to keep our state safe, and they do deserve a pay rise.
鈥淭he most powerful economic stimulus for the NSW Government is its own workforce.
鈥淚t must offer certainty to its workforce, and the wider economy by guaranteeing existing jobs and adding new ones.
鈥淣SW government must guarantee not a single job will be lost during this period.
鈥淵ou can鈥檛 cut your way to growth. NSW needs to guarantee existing public sector jobs and then employ more people.鈥
https://www.miragenews.com/public-service-association-response-to-nsw-wage-freeze/