Still not a lot of follow up on this

There's a job action at the Department of Public Works. Nobody is reporting on it beside WDSU right now. City workers are represented by SEIU but it doesn't look as if the union is involved here. Or, at least, it doesn't look like anybody has checked up on that. Also there is this back and forth.

Kennan Mitchell operates a vacuum truck for DPW. He said contractors are hired to do the same work that he does, cleaning catch basins, for more than twice the pay.

“I have talked to vac truck contractors that have been here cleaning out drains,” Mitchell said. “Those guys were making $30 an hour. We make $14 (doing) the same thing. I can’t understand why we can’t get the money.”

New Orleans Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Ramsey Green said that DPW does not currently have contractors cleaning catch basins. He said the workers’ safety concerns will be the first addressed by the city.

That seems like it would be a pretty simple matter to clear up.  Maybe it hinges on the meaning of the word, "currently."