Press Release – PSAWellington City Council is proposing to disestablish 144 roles, including five fixed-term positions, and create 80 new roles, a net loss of 64 jobs across four business groups. Wellington City Council’s planned job cuts mean less capacity to deliver the services Wellingtonians rely on, and less spending power in a local economy already doing it tough, says the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi. “This is a huge upheaval, putting great stress on loyal council workers and will also impact the local economy already hit hard by the Government’s cuts to thousands of public service jobs,” said Tom Buckley, PSA Assistant Secretary Local Government. “We appreciate the council needs to find savings to keep rate rises down and reduce pressure on households. But that must be balanced against the human cost, and against risk to the services Wellingtonians rely on council workers to deliver,” Buckley said.