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Weekend Argus reports that a number of Fidelity ADT employees in the Western Cape have downed tools over alleged pay discrepancies for employees performing the same functions.
The employees have been picketing at the company's N1 City offices in Cape Town, demanding that the basic salary gap be reduced for those performing the same work and in the same positions. ADT was acquired by Fidelity Services Group in 2017, forming Fidelity-ADT. A 48-hour strike notice was handed over by the Democratised Transport Logistics and the Allied Workers’ Union (Detawu) to the company on 3 August, and the strike commenced on 5 August. Armed response officer Siyabonga Palaza indicated: “We are two groups. The first group was employed by ADT which was the previous company. So there is an ADT formation group (and) there is a Fidelity ADT formation group. They are performing the same duties but their salaries are different. There is a more than 50% gap. The ADT formation, their basic salary is R14,200, the Fidelity ADT group formation, their basic salary is R7,400. So there is a big difference. It's more than 50%, it's totally unjust.” He added: “We are not saying we are demanding equalisation as the company proclaims, we are demanding the closure of the gap, at least it must not be above 50%.” Palaza claimed an estimated 100 members were affected. In a statement, the Fidelity Services Group advised that the industrial action was limited to the Western Cape only. Group CEO Wahl Bartmann said the company would, “continue engaging with the union on issues which relate to a wage dispute and which dispute falls under the jurisdiction of the Bargaining Council for the Private Security Sector and is ongoing. We remain fully committed to finding a resolution to the dispute.” However on Tuesday, the workers said the company had refused to meet with them, except on one occasion.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Shakirah Thebus at Weekend Argus
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