Refuse collection and other services in Hamilton will be brought to a halt on Monday as Corporation of Hamilton workers down tools to attend an urgent meeting at the Bermuda Industrial Union.The meeting has been called after an employee was fired for refusing to take a drug test, and the release of another employee who suffered a stroke last year.Kurt Griffith, who has worked in the engineering department for approximately two years, suffered a severe stroke in April 2011, which left him unable to work. According to BIU President Chris Furbert, Mr Griffith reported to the Corporation’s management at the end of the year that he was 85 percent back to strength, and that he would be ready to return to work in the new year.Mr Furbert said: “Management told him to come back in January, and when he did, he was told his job no longer exists.”The case of Mr Griffith was further fuelled yesterday when another employee, Troy Joseph, was fired on the spot for refusing to take a drug test. Both issues are now on the agenda for the emergency meeting planned for 8am on Monday at the BIU.Colleagues of Mr Joseph, who works in the refuse collection section, speaking to The Royal Gazette on the condition of anonymity, confirmed the Corporation has a drug testing policy, but the only workers singled out for testing are the workers involved in road traffic accidents.Last year a number of refuse truck drivers were tested after they were involved in road traffic accidents. Only one in the group tested passed, the rest were suspended. Mr Joseph was driving a refuse truck when something fell out of the back of the heavy vehicle and injured one of his colleagues on the back of the truck. The colleague was not seriously injured, but when Mr Joseph was asked to submit a urine sample, he refused, and he was fired on the spot.When asked by The Royal Gazette whether the workers agree with management’s decision to let Mr Griffith go, all three of the workers responded with a resounding “No!” One employee said: “I feel it's not right because Mr Griffith is a good worker, an excellent worker. He filled in whenever and wherever he was needed, even if it was his day off, he would show up right away.”As for the driver who refused the drug test, the employee said: “Everybody is upset, we all feel he should not have been fired. Drivers were tested last year, only one passed. The other two were suspended without pay for two weeks and both are now back on the job. The word is this latest driver should have taken the test because otherwise it would appear he has something to hide. But I still think management should have given him a warning because everybody is struggling right now and we all need our jobs.”But the employee also spoke to a broader issue that centres around the question of legal substances versus illegal drugs.The worker said: “It’s commonly known that heavy vehicle operators in some instances consume alcohol, which is legal, while on the job. I don’t see much testing going on there. I don’t have a problem with people who smoke weed, as long as its not on the job. But I do have a problem with operators driving heavy vehicles while intoxicated.”All of the workers said they plan to attend the emergency meeting. The impact will be no collection of garbage in the city of Hamilton on the morning shift which starts at 6.30am, until the meeting at BIU headquarters ends. There are two main shifts when it comes to the collection of garbage in the city, the morning shift is the one that will be impacted.