{"id":31922,"date":"2022-10-22T18:32:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T18:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-condemns-illegal-g4s-security-guards-strike"},"modified":"2022-10-22T18:32:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T18:32:29","slug":"union-condemns-illegal-g4s-security-guards-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/union-condemns-illegal-g4s-security-guards-strike","title":{"rendered":"Union condemns illegal G4S security guards strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>THE Security Association of Namibia (SAN) has condemned the illegal strike by stakeholders within the security industry.<\/p>\n

THE Security Association of Namibia (SAN) has condemned the illegal strike by stakeholders within the security industry.<\/p>\n

This comes after G4S Namibia’s employees were joined by Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) spokesperson Michael Amushelelo when they downed tools on Monday morning.<\/p>\n

According to SAN president Dhiginina Uutaapama, the union will strongly distance itself from such strike actions by any security personnel, as it is deemed unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

\u201cSAN would like to inform the public that as per the extension collective agreement to the security industry, our registered members do adhere to the agreement through a signed declaration required by our clients compliance list,\u201d Uutaapama said.<\/p>\n

He encouraged all members of the union not to allow political influences, as negotiations and discussions are still ongoing to address several issues that continue to impact the sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe association also pleads for the intervention of the relevant stakeholders and Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation pertaining to illegal strikes to be brought to book, as this instigates anarchy and possible riots within Namibia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, according to NEFF president Longinus Kalimbo Iipumbu, they are standing in solidarity with G4S employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe downing of tools by G4S guards should be yet another sad reminder that those entrusted with the custodianship of the relations between workers and capitalist investors in this country have shamefully reneged and slept on their duty,\u201d Iipumbu said.<\/p>\n

He said the explosive labour situations playing out in Namibia should not be happening.<\/p>\n

Iipumbu said security guards have cried out for the government to put in place long-lasting policy interventions meant to protect them from the constant hammering of bad labour relations and the concomitant unbridled toxic and exploitative tendencies of employers, but these have been perennially ignored.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not lost to us that the shameful lack of interest by the ministry to come to the rescue of these hard-working men and women is due to the fact that they look down upon them as uneducated illiterates,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis ministry should be reminded that it takes a lot for a single man and woman working for a salary to risk losing a job by choosing to stand up and say enough is enough,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOurs is an honest siding with the oppressed masses of our people, and a continual attempt to awaken the minds of our generation to the reality of the presence of their neo-oppressors, which are unfeeling investors supported by this black government.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe remain supportive of all G4S employees,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

G4S Namibia said: \u201cWe are an international company. We do not respond on our own, but we will forward the questions to our management in the United Kingdom.\u201d<\/p>\n

This comes after G4S Namibia’s employees were joined by Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) spokesperson Michael Amushelelo when they downed tools on Monday morning.<\/p>\n

According to SAN president Dhiginina Uutaapama, the union will strongly distance itself from such strike actions by any security personnel, as it is deemed unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

\u201cSAN would like to inform the public that as per the extension collective agreement to the security industry, our registered members do adhere to the agreement through a signed declaration required by our clients compliance list,\u201d Uutaapama said.<\/p>\n

He encouraged all members of the union not to allow political influences, as negotiations and discussions are still ongoing to address several issues that continue to impact the sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe association also pleads for the intervention of the relevant stakeholders and Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation pertaining to illegal strikes to be brought to book, as this instigates anarchy and possible riots within Namibia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, according to NEFF president Longinus Kalimbo Iipumbu, they are standing in solidarity with G4S employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe downing of tools by G4S guards should be yet another sad reminder that those entrusted with the custodianship of the relations between workers and capitalist investors in this country have shamefully reneged and slept on their duty,\u201d Iipumbu said.<\/p>\n

He said the explosive labour situations playing out in Namibia should not be happening.<\/p>\n

Iipumbu said security guards have cried out for the government to put in place long-lasting policy interventions meant to protect them from the constant hammering of bad labour relations and the concomitant unbridled toxic and exploitative tendencies of employers, but these have been perennially ignored.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not lost to us that the shameful lack of interest by the ministry to come to the rescue of these hard-working men and women is due to the fact that they look down upon them as uneducated illiterates,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis ministry should be reminded that it takes a lot for a single man and woman working for a salary to risk losing a job by choosing to stand up and say enough is enough,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOurs is an honest siding with the oppressed masses of our people, and a continual attempt to awaken the minds of our generation to the reality of the presence of their neo-oppressors, which are unfeeling investors supported by this black government.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe remain supportive of all G4S employees,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

G4S Namibia said: \u201cWe are an international company. We do not respond on our own, but we will forward the questions to our management in the United Kingdom.\u201d<\/p>\n

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