Congratulations from across the ditch to Glenn Barclay who has been nominated as the new national secretary of New Zealand’s largest union, the Public Service Association (PSA).  Glenn is taking over the role of Richard Wagstaff who has been national secretary for 16 years and is now moving on to his new role as president of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions.  Glenn will join fellow national secretary Erin Polaczuk to lead the 62,000 strong membership.  Glenn is a familiar face within our region and the Public Services International movement as he was previously co-ordinator of the Health and Social Services Network as well as the pension network in PSI’s Asia Pacific region.  I know we are all looking forward to working with Glenn in the development of union strategies and promoting quality public services across the asia pacific region. More about PSI's asia pacific activities.