Assault and Gender Discrimination Against Security Guards

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Kenzie Security Company is a company registered locally in my hometown with over 10,000 employees over three states of its geographical operation. The company offers standard class protection for various range of entities including small to large business premises such as fast-food stores, retailer stores, motels and many others. Kenzie Security Company also offers services to residential homes where it as majored in. as an employee of Kenzie Security Company, have considered an idea of starting an industrial union in order to better the services for the organization offers.
Security guards face a wide range of challenges in the field of their work. Today, there are many security guards in the world than there are police officers. Security guards provide services in most conditions as those of a police officer. They stay outside our gates guarding us while we sleep, eat or play with family members. We employ the same security personnel to guard our place of work and at our properties. However, how do we treat them? There has been several reports about assault of security guards by their employers whom they need to protect, racial discrimination of certain security guards because of their color, race and even religion.
There is also gender discrimination against security guards; these might be in form of questioning of their sexual identities such as whether they are gays, lesbians and bisexual. Security guards encounter dangerous working conditions that endanger their lives with terrorists everywhere targeting them first before they can make their way in. These conditions have prompted employees who are concerned about their lives that their employers and clients do not see CITATION Fai13 \l 1033 (Fairbrother, 2013).
What is a union? Workers drive unions to help their colleagues get fair and better deals at work. Unions give workers voice and assist them to improve their working condition and their working place. They help to air concerns of an individual when he or she cannot get alone. Understanding the definition of union will help all employees see the need of organizing a union. Organizing a union for Kenzie Security Company will have many benefits to both parties, the company, employees and clients. The following are major benefits of organizing a union for Kenzie Security Company:
1 Industrial representation: unions will represent you if you have problems at work by supporting you against harassment from the employer.
2 Facts and advice: with unions, workers get expert support about any queries about their working condition, their pay slip, pay increase and anything relating to their work.
3 Rights: the creation of this union will guarantee that all workers get their rights at place of work and they receive protection from inhumane activities such as harassment and discrimination.
4 Workplace bargaining: unions through their heads can work together with all other members to form an agreement or contract called enterprise agreement. This enterprise agreement can negotiate deals with the company about their working conditions. The enterprise agreement is negotiation deal with the company its employers and employees through their union. The agreement...