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Unions in Africa welcome the UNI-G4S Global Agreement
Published: 11 May 2009
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Property Services Unions in Africa identified the opportunities under the Global Agreement to grow stronger unions and their rights to resolve workers problems with local management. Over the past few years, many problems for security workers in the African region have been highlighted, and the Global Agreement now provides increased commitment to mechanisms, for the African unions to resolve issues locally. Educating workers and local managers on the new agreement was a priority for the African unions. With union access to workers included in the Global Agreement, the unions will now be able to talk to workers about the union directly, on the job. South African union SATAWU are currently meeting with G4S to discuss implementation of the Global Agreement in South Africa, including the union access provisions. As the workforce of G4S grows in Africa, the unions intend to use the Global Agreement to improve the conditions of workers and ensure they receive a living wage. G4S have over 85,000 workers in 25 African countries and have an organic turnover rate of 16.6% in developing countries, and 9.5% globally. |
