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Worker profile - N.C. Dinakara
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N. C. Dinakara I am unmarried and from Kodagu. I’ve been working for G4S for three years at G4S Cash Services in Bangalore. My salary is 4200, 3822 after deductions (72€/66€). I spend 1300 (22.5€) for one room in a three-bedroom share, 300 on electricity (5€), 530 (9€) for a bus pass and 1000 (17€) for food. I send Rs2000 (35€) home to my family every month. I became a guard because I had an office education and a gun licence. Now, I’ve been given a transfer notice from Bangalore, Karnataka to Salem, Tamil Nadu. I was give ten days to report to the new state, a travel impossibility even if I could do it. When I got the transfer letter, it was a shock at first I did not know what to do. I wanted to quite the job. Because my gun licence is for a single barrel gun, I would need a new licence for Tamil Nadu. |
The company said the reason I was being transferred was due to a reduction in contracts. I feel that is a total lie; the truth is that I had approached management with others about problems like overtime, lack of a toilet for us, vehicle problems, and our salary. The toilet situation is especially shameful. There was one, but it was unusable, so they removed it completely and now we have to either go outside or in a neighbour’s apartment. There is one available for the officers, but it’s locked for our use.
I do not speak Tamil. And with no gun licence, there will be no provision for me to work for G4S when I’m transferred. I offered to forego my security position to work as a custodian, but G4S rejected my offer. The union intervened to resolve the situation.