ten thousand tons garbage accumulated this Friday on the streets of Parisin the context of a garbage collectors’ strike against liberal President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular pension reform.
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New estimate exceeding 7600 tons garbage Earlier this week, it came after Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said the strikers’ demands were working.
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“From today, from this morning, this application is working and allows you to take this garbage”, he said on the RTL Darmanin network, although the socialist mayor Anna Hidalgo’s entourage indicated that “not a single truck was driven out by the public.”
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Municipal garbage service workers garbage 12 days ago the strike and the blockade of waste incinerators began Paris in protest against Macron’s project to force them to work for another two years.
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They guarantee collection garbage half of the 20 districts Parisand the rest are run by private companies. The latter continued to work, and some signed contracts to clean up the affected areas.
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“We didn’t have a single truck in the community gathering areas,” confirmed Delfina Bürkli, mayor of District IX. Pariswho asked for an “army to clear the streets” to be mobilized.
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Workers in this collection sector garbage They are determined to continue the strike until Monday, especially as the unpopular reforms decreed have rekindled protests.
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“Trash pickers live 12 years less and seven years less than sewer workers,” said Frederic Obyss, a 54-year-old seamstress from Paris. In another two years, “we will die on the job,” he added.
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The garbage collectors’ strike also affects several large cities (Nantes, Rennes and Nice) and medium-sized cities (Montpellier, Le Havre, Saint-Brieuc and Vallauris), but it is in Paris where it gained great prominence due to its obvious political ramifications.
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Sidewalks in wide areas Paris they are cluttered with accumulated rubbish so as not to interfere with the circulation between the opposing voices of citizens who understand the protest and others who criticize its impact on everyday life.
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Source: RPP
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