Union criticizes city’s garbage privatization plans
Posted May 13, 2011 3:03 pm.
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The union representing the city’s outside workers has commissioned a report, examining the cost of privatizing garbage collection west of Yonge Street.
“How can anybody make this decision when half the information they have nothing on and the other half is inconsistent?,” respected forensic accountant Al Rosen asked.
Rosen ran into roadblocks every step of the way trying to get accurate info from city staff.
Rosen said it seems city staff don’t even know exactly how much it’s costing to do the job in-house and that makes him wonder about the integrity of the process.
“My feeling is someone was told to come up with some figures to support the decision to contract out,” he said. “Because that’s how random this stuff is.”
CUPE is asking council to work with the union to find some savings before making a decision to go private.
Councillors will debate the issue on Tuesday.
