NSW: Corrective Services moving to block proposed prison strike

AAP General News (Australia)
08-19-2008
NSW: Corrective Services moving to block proposed prison strike

New South Wales Corrective Services Commissioner RON WOODHAM says prison officers are
planning a statewide strike next week .. angered by government reforms to curb overtime
payments.

Mr WOODHAM announced seven reforms yesterday .. including centralised rostering ..

to halve his department's 43 million dollar annual overtime bill.

The Public Service Association says it's disappointed and disillusioned by the plan
.. and Mr WOODHAM now says a strike is being planned.

The government and the PSA's Prison Officers Vocational Branch are due to appear at
the Industrial Relations Commission in Sydney at two o'clock (AEST) this afternoon.

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KEYWORD: PRISONS WOODHAM (SYDNEY)

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