Profession Watch: Security Guards Zindagi

While Armed forces take care of Nation from external enemies and Police force ensures law and order within the Nation. Security Guards belong to same kind of profession who take care of public property in Banks, Railway stations, Bus terminals, Educational Institutes, Hotels & Restaurants, Industries ranging from I.T firms to Garments, Shopping malls, Airports, Public utility places like Parks, Playgrounds, Shopping Malls, ATM counters, Private function halls and the list goes on and on. These Security Guards are hired by agencies on Contract basis, while Police and Armed personnel enjoy permanent benefits of Govt. These security guards life is caught between lever, as they work for 12 hours a day and are paid less than 10,500 Rupees which is against the minimum wages bill accepted by Government.

Though the role of these security personnel is not inferior to any police men, they are hired on contract basis even after delivering 240 hours of work in a year is clear violation of labour law according to sources from Centre of Indian Trade Union C.I.T.U.

Provide Security But Without Security to Their Jobs!

With demonetisation and long queues in front of ATM counters being a common trend in past one and half months. These security guards faced lot of hardship in pacifying the citizens and ensuring One person One ATM card operation so that people in long queues get their share of 2000 Rupees smoothly. Today at Bangalore Metro Railway station I witnessed a passenger going rough on a security personnel and using abusing language shows the type of turmoil these professionals have to overcome in their day to day business. Most of these professionals are paid 8000 rupees and are made to work for 12 hours by most agencies. They do not have any Holidays for Festivals and National Holidays shows the clear disparity they are shown by our Governments.

C.I.T.U : Enrolment Campaign to Fight For Security Guards  

Centre of Indian Trade Union -C.I.T.U Bangalore, has started a new campaign of enrolling such security personals to their Union with FIVE focal points as their agenda in front of Governments, The Pointers are:

1. To provide permanent Employment status to all security guards
2. To ensure Only 8 Hours of duty is entrusted to security guards
3. Fixation of minimum 10,500 Rupees as monthly wages
4. To provide social security services like Identity Card, Payslips, Service record maintenance
5. To Ensure General holidays and Festival Holidays services are extended to these professionals

C.I.T.U Bangalore North, T. Dasrahalli can be contacted for further Information:

more info about C.I.T.U

Contact Numbers:

Harish Kumar

President: 

Phone: 8951794133

Mohan M

Vice president:

9740437292