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In our search for global justice in the security industry, last week the Stand for Security
campaign hit Sweden. This week, Japan. Amid growing concerns about the quality of
jobs offered by the world's second-largest security firm, the 3rd World Congress of UNI
Global Union Thursday issued a statement urging profitable, Sweden-based Securitas to
respect the freedom of Securitas employees across the globe to form unions in order to
raise security industry standards.

"Securitas workers in the United States welcome the support of union members from all
over the world," says Josh Haywood, a Securitas officer at Intel Corporation in Hillsboro,
Oregon.

Haywood is one of 3,200 Securitas officers involved in an organizational effort with the
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in cities across North America. Securitas
has so far refused to recognize the officers' unions, even where a majority of officers
have officially expressed their desire to have a union. This violates Securitas' 2006
Global Agreement with the Swedish Transport Workers Union and UNI Global Union,
which represents 20 million workers in 900 unions worldwide.

The statement by the Congress reads: "These unfair practices violate the letter and
spirit of the 2006 Securitas-UNI/Swedish Transport Workers' Union Global
Agreement...and are contrary to the ILO Conventions, the United Nation's Global
Compact principles and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Corporations."

Securitas employs more than 260,000 people working in 40 countries in North America,
Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. The company's troubling
business decisions in several countries have recently come to light:

• In the U.S. a recent survey of Securitas officers revealed pay as little as

$8.00 (USD) per hour, 54% of officers without company health
insurance, and 66% of officers without regular training to keep the
public safe.

• In India, most Securitas officers are paid low wages (INR. 4500-6000--
around $100-$133 (USD) per month), while working seven days a week,
on shifts as long as 48 hours.

• In Poland, Securitas workers are paid €1.30 per hour and work 250-300
hours per month, between 62 and 75 hours per week, with no overtime
payment.

Securitas officers worldwide generated $8.2 billion in revenue and $494 million in
profits for the company in 2009. It's good to know that the hardworking officers of
Securitas enjoy the support of the more than 2000 trade unionists from 110 countries
gathered in Nagasaki this week. Look for worldwide support of Securitas officers to
grow.

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