{"id":7014,"date":"2020-02-18T15:58:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T04:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/?p=7014"},"modified":"2025-07-28T13:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T03:54:07","slug":"canberra-airport-must-sack-contractor-for-not-paying-workers-affected-by-bushfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/archive\/canberra-airport-must-sack-contractor-for-not-paying-workers-affected-by-bushfires\/","title":{"rendered":"Canberra Airport must sack contractor for not paying workers affected by bushfires"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CANBERRA AIRPORT MUST SACK CONTRACTOR FOR NOT PAYING WORKERS AFFECTED BY BUSHFIRES<\/strong><\/p>\n

United Workers Union, the security union, is calling on Canberra Airport to sack Certis Security Australia as their security contractor for not paying workers who were prevented from attending work due to the bushfires.<\/p>\n

The union says major multinational Certis Security has docked the pay of Canberra Airport staff showing an extraordinary level of disregard for the emergency circumstances being faced on the ground at the time.<\/p>\n

Workers who had tried to attend work, but were unable to due to smoke and bushfires, and workers who went home to check on properties, have been docked pay.<\/p>\n

During the bushfire crisis, acts of community spirit and kindness spread across the country. Certis Security\u2019s actions fly in the face of this.<\/p>\n

United Workers Union spokesperson for Property Services Damien Davie said: \u201cIt is clear that Certis is prioritising its profits over its people. To dock workers\u2019 pay because they have needed time to protect their homes and ensure the safety of their loved ones is absolutely shameful.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnited Workers Union had highlighted SNP Security, when it was a local family-run business, as an industry leader. This has changed dramatically since SNP was absorbed into Certis.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis latest cold and heartless blow to workers is unfair and goes against the best of the Australian community spirit we saw during the recent tragedies. The complete disregard for the real anguish being faced by workers experiencing the worst of Australia\u2019s bushfires is on the back of Certis\u2019 negligence to provide workers appropriate protective equipment to protect themselves from the Coronavirus.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCanberra Airport needs to sack Certis Security Australia as their security contractor and replace them with someone who will do the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Certis Cisco, Singapore\u2019s largest security organisation acquired the formerly Australian owned family business SNP Security in 2018 and combined it with their existing security business BRI to establish the sub- brand Certis Security Australia.<\/p>\n

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