The days pass, and the trash cans continue to overflow.
A week after the start of the garbage collectors' strike, mobilized against the pension reform, it is now hills of waste that are piling up in the streets of the capital.
And it's not over since the strike has been extended until Monday, March 20.
Faced with this blocking situation, the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, called for the responsibility of the executive.
“I give my total, entire support to this social movement.
When it also concerns categories of personnel, the public service and the private sector, I say to the government: already, talk to them, try to understand what they are telling you, and then we will talk about the suite”
, she declared Wednesday during a press conference at the Hôtel de Ville.
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The mayor was supported by her first PS deputy, Emmanuel Grégoire, on Monday afternoon.
"The best way to put the garbage collectors back to work is to withdraw the reform
," he said.
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