Independent News reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and other unions have accused certain security companies of illegally withholding the salary increases of its members and have called on the Treasury not to approve contracts in respect of those companies.
Apparently, the companies concerned depend heavily on government contracts and it is the Treasury which approves such contracts. On Monday, the union is set to stage a protest at Treasury’s offices in Pretoria alongside other unions organising in the security sector where they will tender a memorandum and call for Mafoko Security and other employers not to have their contracts approved. Numsa’s spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said the National Bargaining Council for the Private Security Sector had concluded a collective agreement in November last year – which included a 7% increment and other benefits including medical aid cover - before it was promulgated by Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi in February this year. She reported that Mafoko, together with 35 other employers, had launched a labour court application to invalidate the collective agreement. In her view, workers were being denied their 7% increase “because of the actions of these brutal, selfish employers.” Other unions expected to join the march to Treasury include the SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) and the Democratised Transport Logistics and Allied Workers Union (Detawu).
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Siviwe Feketha at Independent News
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