Dunedin Inland Revenue staff will walk off the job today but will still be working — in the gardens at the Otago Community Hospice, rather than at their desks.
Nationwide, Public Service Association staff employed at Inland Revenue and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment are walking off the job for a second time in three weeks, as a dispute between the union and the government departments over pay levels and work hours continues.
PSA Dunedin organiser Jon Henning said staff would hold a rally outside Inland Revenue’s Dunedin office at 1pm, before heading to the hospice to do volunteer work in the gardens. They will return to work at 3pm.
On July 9, about 40 Dunedin PSA members staged a rally on the first day of industrial action. A further strike is set for August 1 if the dispute is not settled.
PSA spokesman Glenn Barclay said there had been "meaningful" talks with MBIE, but not with Inland Revenue.
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Well done Ladies and Gents of IRD, great to see IMHO we have gone a few years with out all these strikes and been walked over by the bosses, it is about time the workers stood up and are heard, paid a fair wage instead of all the fat cats getting the cream. Wake up bosses and NZ government all these people want is a fair slice of the pie so there families can live in comfort.