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8 March is International Women’s Day and UNI is highlighting the plight of female security workers who bravely put themselves at risk of  violence every day while at work. We believe these workers deserve the full protection of union rights.

Prosegur is the world’s third largest security company and its President Helena Revoredo is one of the few women in the world to hold such a prominent position. Yet, surprisingly, Prosegur’s record of working rights for female security guards does not stand up to inspection.

·    Prosegur is guilty of a string of ILO and OECD violations of workers’ human and labour rights
·    Prosegur impoverishes the children of its workers by abusive practices that leave parents unemployed
·    Prosegur allows its South American managers to tarnish the company’s reputation by openly harassing, intimidating and dismissing union leaders and union activists.

Largely a family owned business, a small group controls internal decision-making at Prosegur. The Spanish headquarted company has a Foundation dedicated to improving educational opportunities for workers’ children, headed up by President Revorerdo herself.

The company promotes corporate and social responsibility. It belongs to the U.N. Global Compact, the FTSE4Good IBEX Index and has its own CSR policies. Surely a company with such a track record for corporate responsibility should allow its workers to join a trade union.

On International Women’s Day, UNI calls on Prosegur to allow its female security guards to freely exercise their rights to stand up for a safe workplace by joining a union.