These come after thousands of public servants at the Department of Internal Affairs and the Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment held meetings, with public servants at DIA later going on strike. There are currently over 10,000 public service workers currently in collective bargaining, while having to work with the devastating consequences of the Government’s public service cuts . “When we surveyed public servants in May, over half said their agency’s ability to deliver has got worse in the last year. Since then, the Government has confirmed it is only going to make things worse by cutting 8,700 public servants and further decimate public services. “The Government promised to fix the cost-of-living crisis, but it’s leaving public servants that keep this country running overworked and undervalued.