While more and more people practise social distancing, garbage trucks are back out on the streets of Hamilton, Ont. The city and the outside workers unit of CUPE 5167 have resolved the health and safety concerns that prompted waste collectors to participate in a one-day work refusal on Monday.
CUPE’s Barry Conway says access to wipes, sanitizer and other personal protective equipment has been assured, as well as access to washrooms in road’s department work yards along their routes.
Conway says that washroom access had become an issue due to the growing number of businesses forced to close during the COVID-19 pandemic.