EMPLOYEES at the Sanitation Service Authority are protesting yesterday's firing of acting general manager Stanton Alleyne.

But by this morning they will be informed by the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) what form of industrial action will be taken.

Several workers parked trucks and put down their tools yesterday morning as word spread that Alleyne had been dismissed.

Many gathered at the National Union of Public Workers headquarters for a scheduled 2 p.m meeting where they vocally announced their support for Alleyne and condemnation for the way he was treated.

General secretary of the NUPW, Dennis Clarke, met with the workers from all sections of the SSA and updated them on the situation.

He told the workers that due process was not followed.

"We did not anticipate that the Sanitation Service Authority would behave in such a manner, especially arising out of yesterday's promises that we would have a meeting to resolve the matter," Clarke stated.

He explained that he had received a message informing him about a meeting with the union at 10:30 a.m on Monday.

"We are still waiting for that meeting. We understand that the board held a meeting at 4 p.m, but they did not get back to us. And at 10 a.m today Mr Alleyne received his letter of dismissal."

Clarke said there was a fundamental principle where public servants deserved the right to a hearing.

"This is a serious miscarriage of justice," he said, adding that Alleyne was also being denied a pension and gratuity.

"They want us to go to court, but we are not going to any law court we will have it at the court at Dalkeith," he said to loud applause from the workers.

He accused Government of setting a dangerous precedent and said it was particularly "disgusting" given that two trade union members were on the board.

"They know that if you are charging a worker you should have charges properly drawn up and brought against that worker. We cannot allow any Government in this country to develop a regime by summarily dismissing people like that."

Meanwhile, Alleyne's attorney-at-law Hal Gollop told the DAILY NATION yesterday that he was looking forward to an amicable settlement in the matter.

He said he was in the process of taking instructions from his client and in association with the NUPW was negotiating to have the matter resolved.

With reference to Alleyne's termination, he said there were a number of obvious breaches in the rules of natural justice, but believed an amicable conclusion could be achieved.