The UNI-Africa Regional Conference has learned of the ongoing campaign against Group 4 Falck, launched at the UNI Property Services Conference in Nyon on October 2. The campaign was launched to support the effort of our North American affiliate, SEIU (Service Employees International Union) to raise the standards in the U.S. security industry and to organise the workers at Wackenhut, a subsidiary of Group 4 Falck, the Danish-based multinational which is the world’s second largest security company.
Group 4 Falck is the leading security company in Africa and claims over 20,000 employees on the African continent in the following countries:

• Morocco – 1,500 employees
• Egypt – 350 employees
• Central African Republic – 100 employees
• The Gambia – 850 employees
• Sierra Leone – 400 employees
• Ivory Coast – 1,300 employees
• Cameroon – 4,500 employees
• Mozambique – 1,300 employees
• South Africa – 8,000 employees

The company may operate under the following brand names in Africa: Group 4; Falck; Group 4 Falck; Wackenhut.
The UNI-Africa conference fully supports the ongoing campaign and urges affiliates in all countries where the company operates to establish contact with national management and demand that the company resolves its dispute with the SEIU and UNI immediately.