French union for garbage workers announces strike action again

STORY: French union for garbage workers announces strike action again DATELINE: April 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:43 LOCATION: SAINT-ETIENNE, France CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of blocking point organized by garbage collectors 2. SOUNDBITE (French): LUC RAMELET, Garbage collector 3. various of blocking point organized by garbage collectors STORYLINE: A union representing Paris garbage workers has vowed to resume their protest against the government's controversial pension reform bill from next week. France's largest union, the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), announced that another strike is set to begin on April 13. The sanitation workers expressed their discontent over the pension reform bill, which will raise the legal retirement age for this category of the workers from 57 to 59. SOUNDBITE (French): LUC RAMELET, Garbage collector "We go on strike for good reasons. The pension reform is a very good reason for strike. I don't see why we would let go. We are motivated. It is up to us to conti