Are you prepared for the IRD strike?

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MikeAqua

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Topic # 238252 9-Jul-2018 12:25

IRD employees strike for two hours today (you'll still have to pay taxes on wages earned during the strike period).

Remember - get ready, get through.

How are you preparing for this nation-disrupting event?

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Reply # 2051944 9-Jul-2018 13:05

I was all ready to take a thermos full of milo and some shrewsbury bikkies to show support, but as they're not a registered charity and that's not a deductible expense, I decided to guzzle the lot myself.

More seriously, I do know someone who works for IRD (and has been there all his working life). If the stories I hear about how "restructure" is being implemented are true (probably - I trust my "anonymous source"), then people should perhaps rethink any assumption that they may have had that state service employees have it sweet compared to those in the private sector. That's something that some senior public service managers seem to have an ideological position on - and seem to make pains to over-compensate and behave in an exceedingly callous manner, lest the public service is accused of being soft.

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Reply # 2051961 9-Jul-2018 13:37

I imagine we will still have to pay taxes to pay the wages of the striking employees as well!

My wife is contracting there at the moment and is most assuredly NOT on strike!

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Reply # 2052010 9-Jul-2018 13:54

Fred99:

More seriously, I do know someone who works for IRD (and has been there all his working life). If the stories I hear about how "restructure" is being implemented are true (probably - I trust my "anonymous source"), then people should perhaps rethink any assumption that they may have had that state service employees have it sweet compared to those in the private sector.

I have no view on the justification for the strike but a two hour action is unlikely to have any impact.

Something that is odd ... managers at MBIE aren't allowed to ask employees who are PSA members whether they will observe the strike. A number of my friend's direct reports have advised they won't be observing the strike, because it would be too disruptive to their work. A lot of PSA members aren't really union people but sign up because the collective agreement is a reasonably good one.

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Reply # 2052105 9-Jul-2018 16:24

Geektastic:

I imagine we will still have to pay taxes to pay the wages of the striking employees as well!

My wife is contracting there at the moment and is most assuredly NOT on strike!

You don't get paid when on strike.

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Reply # 2052164 9-Jul-2018 18:45

A lot of PSA members aren't really union people but sign up because the collective agreement is a reasonably good one.

The irony of this statement!

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Reply # 2052456 10-Jul-2018 10:01

itxtme:

A lot of PSA members aren't really union people but sign up because the collective agreement is a reasonably good one.

The irony of this statement!

It's true. I know several PSA members who have never belonged to a union in their life, generally dislike unions. But the incentives are pretty strong, so they join up. Some of the benefits in the PSA collective agreement exceed those of managers (barred from membership).

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Reply # 2052476 10-Jul-2018 10:19

Varkk:

Geektastic:

I imagine we will still have to pay taxes to pay the wages of the striking employees as well!

My wife is contracting there at the moment and is most assuredly NOT on strike!

You don't get paid when on strike.