Samoa Public Service Association
Samoa Public Service Association | |
| Faalapotopotoga Tagata Faigaluega Malo Samoa | |
| Headquarters | Apia, Samoa |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Members | 600 (in 2021)[1] |
Key people | Karamellie Tuala, general secretary |
The Samoa Public Service Association (PSA; Samoan: Faalapotopotoga Tagata Faigaluega Malo Samoa) is a trade union in Samoa. Founded in 1969 as a branch of the New Zealand Public Service Association,[2] and officially registered in 1979,[3]: 39 the union's three-month strike in 1981 was critical to the rise of the Human Rights Protection Party and its victory in the 1982 Western Samoan general election.[4]
The union was quiescent from 1981,[3][4] and allowed its registration to lapse in 2020.[1] It organised a meeting in the wake of the HRPP's 2021 election loss and the 2021 Samoan constitutional crisis to hear the concerns of public servants around the firing of several chief executives by the new government.[4][1]
References
- ^ a b c Matai'a Lanuola Tusani T - Ah Tong (1 September 2021). "Public servant union defends meeting". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ Brij Lal; Kate Fortune, eds. (2000). The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia, Volume 1. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 357-358.
- ^ a b Antony Hooper (1998). "PACIFIC ISLANDS STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION IN DEVELOPMENT: SAMOA" (PDF). World Bank. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ a b c Matai'a Lanuola Tusani T - Ah Tong (31 August 2021). "Public servants gather after dismissal discontent". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
Further reading
- Patricia Kinloch (1982). "The Strike in Western Samoa: An Interpretation". Pacific Viewpoint. 23 (2): 161–172. doi:10.1111/apv.232004. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- "PSA Strike Cripples Post Office". Samoa Observer. 9 April 1981. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- "PM says P.S.A. request is 'for fono' to decide". Samoa Observer. 9 April 1981. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
