Garbage bags are piling up in Paris, where 5,400 tons of waste are still not collected on Sunday due to the collectors’ strike, that for the seventh consecutive day they express their rejection of the pension reform, according to the mayor’s office.
In addition to collectors, also three incineration plants are stopped at the gates of the French capital, which explains why in some neighborhoods, bags occupy the entire sidewalk.
Municipality agents collect garbage in half the city while the other is managed by private borrowers.
The CGT union recalls that currently garbage collectors and drivers can retire at 57 without bonuses, an age that would be delayed to 59 if the pension reform is approved.
The project, promoted by President Emmanuel Macron, seeks to delay the retirement age from 62 to 64 years by 2030 and advances to 2027 the requirement to contribute 43 years (and not 42 as before) to collect a full pension.
“The vast majority of the personnel in the waste and water management department have a life expectancy of between 12 and 17 years less than that of the rest of the workers,” stresses the union.
The French Senate (upper house) approved the controversial reform on Saturday, which still has to be voted on in the National Assembly (lower house), possibly on Thursday.
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He Senate approved the controversial pension reform raised by the French Executive of Emmanuel Macron. The decision of the upper house was given after the positive vote of 195 membersagainst 112 against and despite the multiple days of protest that flooded the streets of the country in recent weeks.
“An important step has been taken. We are fully committed to allowing a final adoption in the next few days”declared moments after the resolution was known the prime minister Elizabeth Borne while the Socialist Senator Monique Lubin lament: “It is a black day for all employees in the country.”
To achieve this result, the Executive activated a accelerated procedure that allowed him to debate the project a day in advance and, thus, dodge numerous amendments filed by the opposition.
After this important step, the project will continue its course towards the National Assembly, where will it be reviewed from Wednesday by a joint committee of legislators from the lower house and the upper house that will seek an agreement on a common version. Subsequently, it will be subjected to final vote in both chambers of the Legislative Branch, something that could take place as soon as Thursday, if there is a positive result from that debate, or it could last until March 26 at the latest.
(with information from AFP and AP)
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