The Association of Private Security Owners of South Africa (TAPSOSA) has expressed a deep concern over the behaviour of some unions at the bargaining council.
TAPSOSA is accusing these unions of supporting decisions made by employer parties at the expense of workers and is contrary to what the bargaining council has set out as its objective of improving the working conditions and salaries of security workers.
Speaking on POWER Drive on Monday, association secretary-general Moses Malada says most black owners of security companies have been left out of the bargaining council.
“We are challenging the formation of this bargaining council,” explains Madala.
Malada says a bargaining council is a significant component of each industry.
He claims that the bargaining council was formed to neutralise tenders.
“This [became] much evident when the bargaining council sat and decided to increase the salaries of the security guards which is a noble idea.
“Then the bargaining council tried to extend their mandate even to non-members. Then the ones that had actually formed the bargaining council went in and applied for an exemption for them not to be able to pay these kinds of salaries [increases].”
Malada says small security companies that are not part of the bargaining council are left to deal with paying salaries increases passed at the bargaining council.
“The industry cannot be controlled by few because in doing so, you tend to miss a lot of problems and a lot of points.”
The association says the bargaining council is a scam designed to defraud and exploit the vulnerable security officers.
It further calls on Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi to intervene in the matter.
POWER Digital
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