Good treatment from an employer both creates and attracts motivated, committed and professional staff. In turn, this benefits the end customer as well as the employer in so many different ways.
“We have all heard the ‘horror stories’ and could list the ‘companies to avoid’, but we want to promote and recognise the best employers in the industry while at the same time encouraging those deemed to be ‘not so good’ to change their ways,” urged Rollo Davies, general secretary of the National Security Workers Union (NSWU) in the UK.
That’s why Davies’ organisation is now backing the Security Industry Employers Awards.
“It’s an award that will be voted for by the workers,” he told Security Management Today Online. “All those that work for a company that not only pays fairly, but is decent, understanding and treats its employees with the respect that such vital and valuable staff deserve are encouraged to tell us about it.”
The Trade Union hopes to make this an annual award, and will accept nominations and supporting information from all workers within the security sector – Trade Union members or not.
Beacon for others to follow
“We hope that the award-winning companies will be a beacon for less enlightened organisations to follow and that, as a result, standards within the industry will start to improve,” stated Davies.
Nominations will be accepted from now, and the award winners will be officially announced in December. The exact date is to be confirmed nearer the time.
This is just one of many initiatives that the NSWU intends to implement with the intention of driving industry standards ever upwards and, in so doing, increase the level of respect and appreciation for the vital tasks performed by workers in the UK’s security industry.
For further information on the NSWU and its work access the website (a dedicated link is provided at the foot of this page)
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