Garbage piling up on Paris streets as sanitation workers' strike continues

STORY: Garbage piling up on Paris streets as sanitation workers' strike continues DATELINE: March 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of garbage on the streets 2. various of garbage in front of stores 3. various of garbage in front of the mall STORYLINE: Tons of garbage are piling up on Paris sidewalks, as the strike of sanitation workers continues. Garbage collectors have already been on strike for over a week in Paris and several other cities across France, and they plan to continue their labor action until March 20. According to the Paris city hall, 5,600 tonnes of garbage remained uncollected in the capital by Monday. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne laid out details of the pension reform plan in January, under which the legal retirement age would be progressively raised by three months a year from 62 to 64 by 2030, and a guaranteed minimum pension would be introduced. Under the plan, as of 2027, at least 43 years of work would be required to be

Nuclear disaster epicenter town being left to ruin

Nuclear disaster epicenter town being left to ruin

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo, taken Feb. 18, 2013, shows a classroom at abandoned Kumamachi Elementary School in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, located in the no-entry area. School bags and other items remain uncollected.

Aftermath of strike in Athens

Aftermath of strike in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - People walk by piles of garbage in a street of Athens on Oct. 21, 2011. Garbage was left uncollected after two days of a massive general strike to protest the latest wave of austerity measures planned by the government.

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KYODOPHOTO MANILA 10 AUGUST2000:UNCOLLECTED GARBAGE-- Garbage litters the streets Metro Manila as an aftermath of the Payatas tragedy. Last July 10, a trash slide at the Payatas dumpsite killed more than 200 people. Quezon City Mayor Mel Mathay immediately ordered the closure of Payatas dumpsite. Four hundred truck load of garbage from several cities of Metro Manila are dump in Payatas everyday. Photo by Sid Balatan

Aftermath of strike in Athens

Aftermath of strike in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - People walk by piles of garbage in a street of Athens on Oct. 21, 2011. Garbage was left uncollected after two days of a massive general strike to protest the latest wave of austerity measures planned by the government. (Kyodo)