Garbage collectors are once again mobilizing against pension reform

Garbage collectors are once again mobilizing against pension reform

New day of mobilization in France against the pension reform. Among the highly mobilized professions, there are garbage collectors. Those of Paris started a very followed strike in March. A strike which resumes today at the call of the unions. In Yerres, in the south of the Paris region, garbage collectors have been on strike for 15 days. So how are they preparing for this act 2?

Towing operation for Nathalie. Orange vest on the shoulders, she challenges motorists at the foot of the town hall of Yerres: “ We explain to you why we are on strike, so you can tell us our story and not that of elected officials “.

Like this shop steward who works in a recycling center. Garbage collectors in the south of the Paris region have been on strike for 2 weeks. Today, they intend to join their Parisian colleagues. To say no to pension reform, like Nadji, 35.

It’s very complicated when you carry garbage cans weighing more than 50 kilos over the long term, it’s complicated to last until you’re 64 morally and physically. For 4 hours you have to push the bins to be able to empty them into the dump truck and when you do that repeatedly, it’s exhausting. Especially since you have a step at the back of the truck and you always have to jump on the step, so that’s why we have a lot of colleagues who have osteoarthritis problems in their joints. “.

For Nathalie and Nadji, the pension reform symbolizes in their eyes a lack of consideration for essential professions: “ During the Covid, the garbage collectors, we applauded them, we were very happy to have them, we were present. We’re here because we love our job anyway. And indeed, we have the impression that we have been forgotten “.

Of the 50 garbage collectors mobilized, most do not expect anything from the decision of the Constitutional Council expected tomorrow. The support comes mainly from other trade corporations observe Céline and Mehdi: “ We didn’t think we would be given so much consideration by people from outside who come very early in the morning to support us, bring us something to eat. They brought us some life back to that picket line. This is what also allowed us to hold on. It makes me proud. We had lost that habit of camaraderie, of fraternity. We see the people who have come, people we don’t know, people who have joined us or twice a week on the picket line, frankly it’s nice, it warms the heart “.

Here, money is the nerve of the strike. The strike fund totals 7,000 euros. – What are you expecting next? ” Let them listen to us a little. Those who are in the street, who pick up their trash cans. All these people, who are not paid masses. We would like us to listen to them a little “.

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