More than 1,200 ACC employees will join Thursday’s nationwide mega strike, protesting poor pay offers and workplace culture issues, according to the Public Service Association (PSA).
The strike, running from 6am to 8pm, will see ACC staff join about 100,000 public sector workers nationwide.
PSA national secretary Fleur Fitzsimons told state-funded media morale at ACC was “at rock bottom,” citing the government’s failure to address cost-of-living pressures, culture review findings, and new office attendance rules imposed without consultation.
Despite efforts to reach a settlement through bargaining and facilitation, Fitzsimons said ACC and the government had not provided a meaningful offer, and workers are striking to demand fair pay and a “well-funded, respectful public service”.
We’re lucky to have ACC
Even after all the rocks have been turned over it still exists
Lock them out and get a new system . ACC is the biggest farce in Nz.
Lock them out
The whole of NZ could do with a new system, not just ACC. Get Kelvyn Alp of NZ Loyal into Govt. He’ll sort out this shit!
Is Iwi running ACC?
No just its biggest customer
Statistics don’t lie
ACC public servants got exemptions for the jibby jab because they saw the direct consequences early on, yet like good bought and paid for public servants did not share their direct observations with we the people.
Didn’t see them complaining 4-5 years back when they weren’t consulted about working remotely.
Another woke government department.
This is nothing but political.
They deny vax injured compensation yet pay for transitioning, go figure.
As someone has already said, scrap it and start again.
They all got full pay + work from home 5 years back. Can’t recall them going on strike or getting upset as the economy was destroyed. No sympathy.
I suggest people read ACC’s Annual Report and weep. How many people here even know how much in taxes they are paying into this scheme? Employees are paying $1.67 to ACC for every $100 they earn. The more you earn, the more you pay irrespective of your accident risk.
Last year the scheme lost $7.2 billion, this year it lost $1.4 billion. Time to scrap the whole scheme and let publicly traded insurance companies pick up the slack.Currently there is $50 billion in ACC investments that could be sold off and used to reduce government debt.
Ever wondered why New Zealand has so many dangerous tourist activities? Simple, the companies running them can’t be sued if you get hurt. ACC picks up the tab via your tax levy. Look what happened on White Island. Overseas tourists who never contributed one cent to the scheme end up being badly burned by an erupting volcano resulting in probably millions of dollars paid out by ACC.