TUCOSWA: LOWLY-RANKED OFFICERS DO NOT EAT ORDERS

MANZINI - The Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA) says the lowly-ranked officers do not transact with ‘orders’ when buying food and other items.

Secretary General (SG) of TUCOSWA Mduduzi Gina said the federation noted with interest the issues that had resulted in junior police officers and His Majesty’s Correctional Services personnel delivering a petition to the Office of the Prime Minister, Cleopas Sipho Dlamini. He said as a principle position of the federation, they remained in complete support and solidarity with the workers in these two institutions. Gina said the police and the Correctional officers were part of the broad working class and their work-related concerns remained the concern of TUCOSWA, like any other worker.

Gina said they noted that in their (junior police and Correctional officers) petitions, they pointed out some inconsistencies in the pronouncements by the Minister of Public Service, Mabulala Maseko and that of the Minister of Finance, Neal Rijkenberg. He said they were calling upon government to amicably sit down all the workers in the public sector, in all their sectoral groupings and agree to award them fairly for the services they were rendering.

Orders

“They must be listened to whenever a grievance arises. They don’t eat orders, as their superiors issue those (orders) for the juniors to execute.” He said lowly-ranked officers should also be considered for their human nature and their needs. Gina said there was nothing out of the ordinary about having a protest by the State security forces. He said they were workers and had rights and those rights must be respected by their employer. Gina said the police and Correctional Services workers were part of the broad working class. He stated that the junior officers distress remained the concern of the federation, like any other worker. He said they had noted that in their concerns, the junior officers had pointed out some inconsistencies in the pronouncements by the Minister of Public Service and that of Finance. “We have always been briefed by our public sector unions about the negativity by which the minister of Public Service handled matters of terms and conditions of public sector workers.” He called upon government to amicably sit down with all workers in the public sector.

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