In todays Trinidad Guardian PoS garbage pile-up avoided but City Corp workers feeling disrespected: Daily-paid sanitation employees of the Port-of-Spain City Corporation are feeling disrespected by the decision of the Mayor’s office to hire temporary employees in an attempt to reduce the amount of money spent on overtime for current sanitation workers. The employees downed their tools yesterday as they held a protest outside the corporation’s sanitation department on Mucurapo Road, St James. A garbage pile-up was avoided when the corporation hired a private contractor yesterday to remove the city’s garbage. “The workers feel disrespected and we are wondering if the reason the corporation is handling the situation the way they are is because this is considered a low-level job,” said president of the Amalgamated Workers’ Union Michael Prentice yesterday. Prentice said the union supported the employees in their complaints but said he was only notified of the protest after the action had been taken. Over the past month, the union, workers and corporation have been in public disagreement over the corporation’s decision to reduce the overtime budget of over $300,000 per fortnight by hiring new workers. “The workers feel angry and upset. The union warned the corporation that if the matter wasn’t handled properly there would be a huge falling out and this is what is happening now.” Prentice said the corporation was not taking a sensitive approach to the workers situation. [Click the link to read this article guardian.co.tt/news/2014-04-23/pos-garbage-pile-avoided-city-corp-workers-feeling-disrespected]
Posted on: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 13:39:47 +0000
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