Comments on: BIU On Trucks, Trash, Worker Concerns & More

By: Marine Life

Marine Life — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 17:47:54 +0000

20 trash Trucks has been the normal for many years, that is how the Island is broken up by Zones, in order to get all the trash picked up in an orderly and timely fashion. The problems go way beyond the workers. Management and accounting is what is holding this Island hostage, and on these levels, it is the Gov’t allowing the Superiors to get off easy with no Accountability. You privatize this and you will pay dearly by contracting this out , because it will take a lot more money in contractual agreements!
When the Power goes off, the Minister gets on Belco’s But and Demands Explanations and Remediation. The Minister needs to do the same with these essential Sevices, starting with Critiquing the Heads of these Departments. But, that won’t happen, to much lip service and push under the rug in Gov’t.

By: Birdlegs

Birdlegs — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 13:36:40 +0000

Aren’t the mechanics responsible for maintaining the trucks union members? Maybe the union should have a good soul search.

By: Joe Bloggs

Joe Bloggs — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 13:11:21 +0000

“The Bermuda Industrial Union would like to inform the general public that there are a number of concerns that have all been documented over the last 10 to 15 years that have remained unsolved.”

Ok, and who formed the Government 10 years ago, in 2011?

And who formed the Government 15 years ago, in 2006?

And how many collective bargaining agreements has the BIU entered into with the Government of Bermuda during the last 15 years?

And will the PLP Government pay these striking essential workers double or triple time collect trash over the Cup Match holiday when they refused to do their jobs for straight time immediately before the holiday?

By: conspiracytheory

conspiracytheory — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 12:53:54 +0000

20 trash trucks? There’s not that many buses on roads! Time to privatise this service!

By: Stumped

Stumped — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 02:32:27 +0000

This is hilarious all studies say they dont need 15 trucks if you research the tonnage each day and truck capacity. The management of collections staff is appauling laced witj bullying intimidation and manager scared.on top of that the blame game is rampant and no accountability its all a joke.

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 01:54:11 +0000

Hmmm, but I am with them on the paint and dog poo grievances – what kind of a hole puts those in their black bags for the trash guys to collect?. One particular “cat lady” with 90+ cats in her house thought it was fine to put bags out basically containing cat litter and poo and was most put out that they might not want to.

By: Question

Question — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 17:10:51 +0000

Everyone can see through it. The usual excuses for lousy service, paid for by us.

By: Why Me

Why Me — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 15:55:35 +0000

Why do they need 15-20 trucks? Did Bermuda sudden expand and nobody said anything? Time to put it out to private contractors. Most of my US friends have their trash collected once a week, even in the states down south which are hotter & as humid as Bermuda. They have no health issues holding their trash for a week.

By: MADDOG

MADDOG — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 14:18:55 +0000

I understand the issues thank you for sharing – sounds like similar issues with the buses….see a trend here? but can someone just tell us now if you are planning on picking up this week or not – otherwise the trash will be there on the roadside through the holiday… creating a hot smelly mess…

By: Ok but that’s your job!

Ok but that’s your job! — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 13:38:15 +0000

What am I missing? Whether there are 10 trucks or 100 trucks and whether some people obey trash contents or not your job is to collect the f***** trash! Do your job!

By: Wahoo

Wahoo — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 12:37:13 +0000

To some extent I can sympathize but you cannot let the people of Bermuda suffer like this. Ultimately it sounds like you are not getting what you want or need from the Finance minister or W&E are not passing along the budgeted $$$ to the relevant departments. This is a government that you voted in despite their passed failings to manage the finances of Bermuda. It is what you wanted so suck it up. The taxpayer is doing their best please do not make us suffer for the failings of your government.

By: Dejavu

Dejavu — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 12:19:05 +0000

Privatize trash collection immediately because this is ridiculous. I’ve never ever heard of these complaints by trash collectors in any other country. For some reason they think trash collection should be a glamorous and clean job lol. The taxes aren’t going to anything they are supposed to so why exactly are we paying taxes?