Parisians will still see garbage strewn on their sidewalks over the next few days. This Tuesday, the garbage collectors and cleaning agents of the City of Paris, mobilized against the pension reform project, indeed voted to continue their strike “at least until March 20”, during a general meeting on the incineration site of Ivry-sur-Seine (Val-de-Marne).
“We voted to renew the strike […] “Confirmed to AFP Julien Lejeune, sanitation supervisor at the Paris City Hall and CGT delegate, who is on the picket line at the Ivry-sur-Seine incinerator.
The municipal agents in charge of the cleanliness of the capital have reaffirmed their determination not to give in to the pension reform project carried by the government. For them, the main point of contention is as follows: the government reform provides for them to retire at age 59, instead of the current 57.
In addition to Ivry, two other incinerators are also shut down, in Issy-les-Moulineaux (Hauts-de-Seine) and Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis), while the fourth, located in Romainville (Seine-Saint -Denis), is saturated.
Already 6,600 tons of uncollected garbage
Currently, some 6,600 tonnes of waste were identified in the capital, on the 9th day of this mobilization. The Paris City Hall, which manages the collection of household waste in half of the arrondissements, said it was “in solidarity” with this social movement.
A position attacked by the Minister of Transport Clément Beaune who declared on Tuesday morning on the France 2 channel to expect the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo “to initiate requisitions”.
Asked by journalists, the first deputy Emmanuel Grégoire wanted to be reassuring, affirming that the City “is putting in place palliative measures to manage the points of absolute urgency” and that “it is more than the minimum service that is provided “.
With AFP