As a union, Flowers says that the PSU has a mandate to ensure that the constitutionally enshrined protections are maintained, especially where it affects their members. He says that either way the members will be impacted by the outcome of the SARA transition:
Dean Flowers, President, PSU
"I think the biggest one for them would be how can the Public Service Commission employ me under section 105 of the police Constitution? 105 and 106, which establishes the public service and the commission, and then you have a contracted officer telling them what will be, what will become of their career. A contracted officer in both the Financial secretary and the director general, saying to them, for you to remain in public service or for you to remain in anything that has to do with this department, you either transfer via an interview into SARA you either resign, you either transfer into the wider public service or if you over 50 you retire. These people have no power vested in them. They have a contract, a contract of 110,000 plus gratuity of 50 or 50,000. They have no power to dictate the livelihood and career development of these public officers. And this is where we have a problem, where saying to them that know your place and ensure that you're following not only the Constitution, but the regulation and the trade union and employers and, and trade unions and employers registration act where any policy decision that could interfere or change the terms and conditions of these services, of these officers are concerned that you come and you speak with their bargaining agent through consultation and negotiation."
