
Paris holds its nose as waste piles up amid industrial strike
The bins are overflowing in large areas of Paris a week into a strike by waste collectors, with thousands of tonnes of rubbish sitting abandoned on the streets of the French capital. “It’s dirty, it attracts rats and cockroaches,” one Parisian complained on French radio. The workers are striking over the Macron government’s proposals to raise the pension age from 62 to 64. Other cities including Nantes, Rennes and Le Havre are also affected. Refuse collectors joined the pension strikes a week ago and the Paris authority says half of the city’s districts, which are covered by council workers, have … Continue reading Paris holds its nose as waste piles up amid industrial strike