The LCGB, Luxembourg's majority union in the security sector, yesterday met with the management of Seris Security, the company in charge of private security of the European Parliament located in Luxembourg-Kirchberg.
This meeting took place after the LCGB became aware that the European Parliament no longer intends to renew the March 2017 submission contract with Seris Security with a view to internalising its security service from April 2021. Since the trade union considers this to be a loss of market rather than a business transfer, the LCGB has expressed concern about the fate of the hundred agents in question and the related jobs. Consequently, the union has demanded the urgent establishment of a real separate status dedicated to security professions at the legislative level so that the latter are recognised and exercised by seasoned professionals as practiced in some neighboring countries. The LCGB has thus contacted the relevant Ministry to submit these concerns.
In addition, the LCGB has expressed concerns about safeguarding the lives of employees and has thus reiterated its request to create structures for managing excess staff comparable to the reclassification unit renowned in the steel industry and in other economic sectors. Applied in the present case, such a structure would allow the supervision of employees affected by reorganisations and thus job losses, according to the union. The LCGB has also called on various government authorities to create attractive conditions for other companies in the sector to take on the personnel concerned.
Similarly, the LCGB, as the national union representing the steel industry, has called for the implementation of an agreement "appropriate to the circumstances" in light of some 216 job losses in Luxembourg's steel industry. In mid-February 2020, the union reportedly sent a registered letter to the Minister of Labour and the Minister of the Economy to convene a meeting of the tripartite monitoring committee.
Following the difficulties encountered in setting up a framework for the SCORE transformation project, the LCGB has stated that it remains convinced that a preliminary discussion should be initiated in order to clarify the views and the impact on jobs in the sector. The LCGB has also requested clarifications regarding the economic and industrial situation of the Rodange and Dommeldange sites and the consequences for employment in the medium term.
Following the arrival of a new player on the Dudelange site, the LCGB has also maintained that it is important to maintain general consistency within the sector. A global meeting would thus be a good sign for all employees, according to the union.
In light of the number of job losses in the sector, the LCGB has thus reiterated and insisted on its request to put in place an agreement appropriate to today's circumstances with suitable tools.