A MOVE BY the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) to enter into an agreement with private contractors to assist in the collection of garbage has not gone down well with the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW).
Referring to the recent development as a “dry run to privatisation”, general secretary Roslyn Smith and president Akanni McDowall have argued that the estimated $5 million to be paid to those private companies would be better utilised purchasing additional garbage trucks.
In a hastily called press conference yesterday afternoon at its Dalkeith, St Michael headquarters, the union’s top brass, along with acting deputy general secretary Delcia Burke, told members of the media they were extremely concerned with this latest development to award five private companies – Williams Equipment, Garbage Masters, Forde’s Trucking, Simpson Trucking and Project Recycle – millions of dollars.
McDowall said he could not understand where the SSA was getting the money to pay the private haulers while employees at the state-run agency were being forced to work without basic necessities. (RB)
Please read the full story in today’s Saturday Sun, or in the eNATION edition.
