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<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/nswma-wage-truck-drivers-1024x683.jpg" alt="The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) and the University and Allied Workers Union (UAWU) have signed a Heads of Agreement giving truck drivers wage increases" class="wp-image-6784" /><figcaption> President of the University and Allied Workers Union, Senator Lambert Brown (right), hands a copy of the signed Heads of Agreement to the chairman of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Dennis Chung (centre); and NSWMA executive director, Audley Gordon. (Photo: JIS)</figcaption></figure>
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<p>The National Solid Waste Management
Authority (NSWMA) and the University and Allied Workers Union (UAWU) have
signed a Heads of Agreement giving truck drivers wage increases over a
four-year period.</p>
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<p>“I believe that this is a good way
forward. Let this signing be a signal, not to the end of anything, but to the
continuing of a fight to get better living conditions, better working
conditions and establishment of benefits for the people who carry the frontline
of our operations,” said NSWMA executive director Audley Gordon.</p>
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<p>He was speaking at the signing ceremony
that was held on Wednesday, August 28, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in St
Andrew.</p>
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<p>The agreement covers the period April
1, 2017 to March 31, 2021 and deals with wages and allowances.</p>
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<p>There was also a commitment to work
towards making the drivers, sanitation workers and Enforcement Officers a part
of the Public Sector Establishment.</p>
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<p>For his part, president of the UAWU,
Senator Lambert Brown, said that the union is “appreciative of the fact that we
could find common ground”.</p>
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