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Tag: aps
Abetz slams door on bargaining talks in fresh attack on CPSU
Senate broadside over bogged negotiations.
Medicare outsourcing could cost 20,000 jobs: CPSU
Accusations fly over market testing
Disability job help shift to NGOs fires fierce debate
Providers welcome market challenge as unions claim 1300 APS jobs lost
Human Services postpones pay vote, shrinks offer
First round of bargaining negotiations falter
Human Services below inflation pay offer set for rejection
CPSU brands proposed deal, tactics, “far worse than expected”.
Lundy slams proposed amputation of APS from Canberra
“Ill thought out cheap shot”
Human Services battles CPSU over pay cuts, leave and flex time erosion
DHS says it is being open with staff, negotiating in good faith.
Fresh accusations fly over APS bargaining, dilution of redundancy conditions
CPSU ratchets-up pressure on preservation of payouts
Warning of surge in customer aggression caused by 6,000 APS job cuts
Survey of 5,800 government staff reveals blowouts in client waiting times, mistakes and chronic understaffing is hitting frontline services.