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Currency and Security Handlers transport money and valuables, and guards money and valuables during transit. They are responsible for pickup and delivery of customer orders in accordance with designated routes and make stops at customer locations daily replenishing ATM machines. These armed security professionals sometimes carry millions of dollars in their armored vehicles and put their lives on the line each day. Crews typically consist of two or more team members. Specific responsibilities will vary from day to day. Industry studys have shown that Currency and Security Handlers are at the highest risk factor while being at the lowest pay and benefit scale.

The SPFPA is proud of the fact that we represent thousands of Currency and Security Handlers working for such companies as Loomis Fargo & Co, Brinks, Dunbar, AT Systems, Guardian, and Wells Fargo just to name a few. We are also proud of the fact that our members are the highest paid with the best benefits vs. those Currency and Security Handlers who remain non-union At--Will Employees.


SPFPA Announces its
National Campaign to Organize
Loomis Fargo & Co Security Professionals all Across the United States












The SPFPA International has announced it is starting a  National Campaign this August to organize security professionals working for Loomis Fargo & Co all across the nation.

This announcement  comes after a series of  victories by the SPFPA in New Jersey, Baltimore, Connecticut, Vermont , Pennsylvania and Texas.

SPFPA has decided to start a national campaign against Loomis Fargo & Co after receiving  repeated calls from many security professionals from around the country.

Many of these officers have stated, that Loomis Fargo  DOES NOT Treat them with RESPECT. “They do what they want when they want, and when you complain to management  your told If you don’t like it there's the door.” Stated one Loomis Fargo  Officer from New York.



















Many of these officers have legitimate complaints about safety issues including working  two man routes, long hours without overtime pay and low pay. 

Presently the SPFPA  represents about Loomis Fargo & Co officers at over 20 facilities.

SPFPA national campaign will center on getting the RESPECT these officers deserve which includes higher wages, yearly raises, retirement benefits, affordable healthcare, safer working conditions, protection against unjust firings and overtime after 40 hours.

The SPFPA has recently filed elections to represent Loomis Fargo Officers in Wisconsin and Florida while several organizing drives are presently in action all across the United States.


RESPECT
Two Loomis guards killed in armored-car robbery  both were members of SPFPA Local 506.

October 4, 2007

CNN) -- Two guards were killed and a third wounded Thursday in the robbery of an armored vehicle outside a Wachovia Bank branch in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, police said.

Police were looking for one suspect, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson said.

The suspect, a black male wearing a yellow baseball cap, may have driven a black four-door car from the scene, Johnson said.

The two guards died from gunshot wounds.

The third guard, who was grazed by a bullet or flying glass, was hospitalized, Johnson said.

The robbery attempt happened shortly after 8 a.m. ET as the Loomis armored vehicle crew serviced an automated teller machine outside the bank near the Roosevelt Mall in northeastern Philadelphia, Johnson said.

Scores of police and FBI agents were on the scene, KYW Newsradio reporter Tony Hanson told CNN.  Watch police swarm the shooting scene »

Video footage from CNN affiliate WPVI-TV of Philadelphia showed the guards' bodies lying on the ground near the drive-up ATM, covered with white sheets.

The mall was shut down, Hanson said, and police were stopping cars leaving the area, The Associated Press reported.

Police were studying bank surveillance video for clues, the police commissioner said.

Schools in the area were locked down, Hanson said.

Police found a black bag filled with cash behind an off-track betting parlor near the bank, police Officer Raul Malveiro told the AP.

The bank is close to Interstates 95 and 76, which police said could have provided easy escape routes for anyone involved in the robbery.
Joseph Alullo of Levittown retired after 27 years.
William Widmaier of Fairless Hills served 23 years.