Private security unions liken Parliament's cold shoulder to 'giving workers the middle finger'

CAPE TOWN - Trade unions representing private security guards say they're disappointed that no one from Parliament came to receive their memorandum of demands.

Unions such as the South African Transport Allied Workers Union (SATAWU), National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), Abanqobi Workers Union and others - took their grievances to Parliament on Thursday.

They are demanding that members of Parliament (MPs) stop enabling what they refer to as the looting of workers' medical and provident fund benefits by unscrupulous security companies.

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The unions are accusing some employers of lining their pockets with employee’s monies while pretending to make contributions on behalf of workers.

NUMSA Western Cape Secretary Thabo Mbebe said the failure by MPs to receive the memorandum could be interpreted as them giving workers the middle finger.

"We are here to handover the memorandum but unfortunately the people who were supposed to get the memorandum are not here. Now we will go back to the drawing board, and we will demand the termination of Comwezi security where they are guarding."