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

SYDNEY, Aug 19 AAP - NSW prison officers angered by government reforms to curb overtime
payments are planning a statewide strike next week, Corrective Services Commissioner Ron
Woodham says.

Mr Woodham yesterday announced seven reforms, including centralised rostering, in a
bid to halve his department's $43 million annual overtime bill.

The Public Service Association (PSA) said it was "disappointed and disillusioned" by
the plan, and Mr Woodham today said a strike was being planned.

"We will be trying to head that off at this point in time," Mr Woodham told reporters.

The government and the PSA's Prison Officers Vocational Branch were due to appear at
the Industrial Relations Commission in Sydney at 2pm (AEST) today.

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