Dear Editor,
The report contained in Sunday’s edition of another section of the media, which reveals the deplorable working conditions at the Solid Waste Department of the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown is an appalling reminder of the indecency, tactlessness, and the insensitivity of the administration at City Hall. If they can subject their own workers whom they claim to value and appreciate to such unpleasant and harsh working conditions, then one can only imagine what they would do to the citizens of Georgetown whom they hardly know or share any type of rapport with.
The photos of the outgrowth surrounding the lunchroom (And the council is responsible for weeding and cleaning the City); of the rotting outer walls of the Solid Waste Department (Again the City Council is supposed to ensure that all structures in the city are safe and sound); the cramped and squalid toilet facilities designated to employees (A Clear Public Health Violation); and the Lunch Room with missing boards and windows, speaks clearly to the depravity of the administration who instead of providing the most minimal of environmental health and safety standards to their employees prefer to build a Presidential Park costing hundreds of millions of dollars for no good reason.
I would like to suggest to the officials of the Labour, Occupational Safety and Health Department of the Ministry of Social Protection, that they also visit the plush offices of the Mayor, Town Clerk and other favoured senior staffers where they will find stylish, expensive and the latest cutting-edge flat screen television sets installed and connected to direct satellite television, carefully selected posh office furnishings, state of the are communications equipment, refrigerators crammed with expensive refreshments, climate controlled environments, adequate lighting and luxurious private washroom facilities. Of course they don’t need lunchrooms as they constantly dine out with friends at opulent restaurants and hotels at the Council’s expense of course.
These people who manage the affairs of the city must be gotten rid of and replaced by competent, trustworthy and fair minded persons.
Yours sincerely,
Nadine Jerrick
