NUMSA, security sector unions to picket in NW demanding over unpaid workers’ benefits
NUMSA said thousands of workers have not been paid benefits such as pension funds and medical insurance by the respective security companies.
NUMSA members picket. Picture: Karabo Tebele/EWN
JOHANNESBURG - The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) and other unions in the security sector are set to picket at the North West Treasury's offices on Thursday morning to demand that all security companies pay their workers' benefits.
NUMSA said thousands of workers have not been paid benefits such as pension funds and medical insurance by the respective security companies.
NUMSA spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said: "NUMSA will be participating in a joint picket with other unions in the security sector.
"Unions like the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union [SATAWU], Abanqobi Workers Union [AWU], Kungwini Amalgamated Workers Union [KAWU], and the South African National Security and Allied Workers Forum [SANSAWF] are going to march, and they will hand a memorandum of demands. We will also name and shame security companies that do not comply by paying benefits like the pension fund and medical insurance."
Hlubi-Majola said companies should honour the terms of the agreement by paying employees what was due to them.
"Thousands of workers in the security sector have been robbed of their benefits because greedy employers are pocketing the money for themselves. The purpose of the campaign is to name and shame security companies that are refusing to comply with the Main Collective Agreement in the security sector.
"Whether a security company is a member of the bargaining council or not, they are bound by the terms of the agreement, and they have no choice but to pay medical insurance, provident fund, and they must pay the minimum hourly rate as stipulated in the wage agreement."