A union representing Paris garbage workers announced another rolling strike is set to begin next week, just as piles of uncollected rubbish were disappearing from the streets of the capital.
last month to protest pension reforms left the city strewn with 10,000 tonnes of rubbish, with some trash heaps rising to more than two meters high.
The industrial action is to demand "the withdrawal of the pension reforms," said a statement from the CGT's refuse workers branch. Refuse collectors can currently retire at 57, as long as they have the required number of years of social security contributions, but this would be increased to 59 under reforms being pushed through by President Emmanuel Macron.
All eyes are on France's constitutional court which is reviewing the pension legislation set to raise the minimum retirement age for most people from 62 to 64, bringing France more into line with its European neighbors.If it gives the go-ahead, Macron would be free to sign it into law, meaning it would enter force later this year.
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