NUPW: Stop private waste haulers

THROW IT OUT!

The country’s largest public sector trade union is asking Government not to continue its current relationship with private waste haulers, who were introduced last year when the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) did not have enough trucks to facilitate the pickup of household and commercial garbage across the island.

The National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) believes the SSA now has enough resources to resume full-time collection of garbage.

“The National Union of Public Workers is advising Government not to extend the contract of private haulers with the Sanitation Service Authority,” the NUPW said in a statement.

The contract is due to end on March 31. (BA)

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