Ministers today confirmed that the best offer available to
Corrections Association of New Zealand (CANZ) is already on
the table. This offer has already been accepted by the PSA
and other staff.
Trevor Mallard, Minister of State
Services, and Matt Robson, the Minister of Corrections said
it was essential that staff seriously considered the offer
at the forthcoming stopwork meetings.
“Some CANZ members
have apparently been under the misapprehension that
industrial action will force the Government to provide
funding. This is impossible.
“We have assessed the offer
the Department has made to staff. It represents a 3.1%
increase over two years. In the context of other settlements
and in a situation where there are no recruitment and
retention issues, we believe the offer is fair and
appropriate.
“CANZ is asking for a 7.7% increase over
one year, but there is simply no more funding to meet an
increased pay demand," says Trevor
Mallard.
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