The CPSU is urging electors to vote against any political candidates proposing reductions to the state workforce, pointing to minor parties that oppose staffing cuts. Labor eliminated approximately 1,000 public service positions following a review led by Helen Silver to secure $4bn in savings. However, union representatives argue that more than 200 restructures followed, creating insecure jobs and outsourcing critical administrative capacities to costly consultants.
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The CPSU joins the Electrical Trades Union and the United Firefighters Union in withholdi…: The CPSU joins the Electrical Trades Union and the United Firefighters Union in withholding campaign support from Labor.
Union leadership condemned the distinction between frontline and back-office staff who ha…: Union leadership condemned the distinction between frontline and back-office staff who handle vital work such as bushfire responses and forensic evidence.
Voters are being urged by the union to reject both major parties in favor of candidates w…: Voters are being urged by the union to reject both major parties in favor of candidates who oppose public sector job cuts.
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Victoria’s public servants union says it will not support Labor at this month’s state election, condemning the government for cutting public service jobs while spending $1.2bn on consultants.
The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) will announce the decision on Wednesday, joining several other unions that have refused to back Labor or are actively campaigning against the government ahead of the 28 November poll.
Although the CPSU’s Victorian branch is not formally affiliated with Labor, it has worked closely with the party in the past. But its secretary, Jiselle Hanna, told Guardian Australia it can no longer support the government.
“If Ben Carroll’s government won’t commit to no job cuts in the public service, then our union cannot support him,” Hanna said.
The Labor government has made successive cuts to the Victorian public service (VPS), a smaller subset of the public sector that is largely administrative, as it seeks to rein in employee expenses – the state’s largest area of expenditure.
This included cutting about 1,000 VPS roles including more than 300 executive positions, and merging several government entities following…
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