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BusinessLive reports that the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has thrown its weight behind protection service officers in Parliament who have approached the Labour Court to challenge the legislature’s decision to hire police officers as ‘bouncers’.
The SA Police Services personnel were hired to boost Parliament’s security, including taking steps to remove MPs from the House if instructed to do so. Protection services staff said the manner in which Parliament made the appointments was unfair. Nehawu is also at odds with Parliament over the payment of performance bonuses. Nehawu’s Temba Gubula said they supported the effort of the protection officers to get the same working conditions and pay as the parliamentary removal officers.
- Read this report by Khulekani Magubane in full at BusinessLive
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