Government has moved in to rectify workplace conditions at its Mangrove Pond Landfill that caused several Sanitation Service Authority workers to walk off the job last Friday.
Unity Workers’ Union spokesman at the St Thomas landfill Terry Carter told Barbados TODAY that the Minister of Environment Adrian Forde and other ministry officials held a meeting with workers on Monday.
Carter said the minister gave an assurance to the workers that he would fix the issues affecting the workers including two compromised potable water tanks.
“Everything will get sorted out promptly and we are satisfied that work will start on the problems we outlined from as early as tomorrow (Tuesday),” he said.
Carter added that the workers were promised new drinking water tanks and a container equipped with bathroom facilities and amenities.
Last Friday, Carter and other upset workers reported deplorable conditions they were being forced to endure at the workplace and the workers, who were scheduled for the 6 a.m. to midday shift, did not drive a stroke.
The work stoppage was sparked by the discovery of millipedes and hog lice infesting the potable water tanks the staff used. This discovery was only made a few days earlier when the water supply was off at the site and the Barbados Water Authority came to fill the tanks.
The workers also highlighted poor bathroom facilities, amenity rooms, a rodent infestation, and the need for industrial cleaning in the guard hut and broken furniture. (SZB)
