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Article

22 Apr 2015

Author:
Camille Hunte, Trinidad Express Newspaper (Trinidad and Tobago)

Trinidad & Tobago: Sanitation workers protest as Beetham dump burns

"Treated like the garbage we collect". This was how daily paid workers from the Solid Waste Management Company Limited (SWMCOL) described their working conditions as they protested outside the Beetham Landfill…The workers…are clamoring for better wages and improved working conditions, saying that their jobs are among the most risky yet lowest paid in the country...Despite the workers exposure to toxic materials, there is no proper medical plan in place…[Operator] said the conditions had become unbearable and that workers were still being paid at the same rate as in 2010…