Paris garbage collectors have lifted the strike notice that threatened to leave the French capital facing piles of rubbish during the Olympic Games
. Paris City Hall said Wednesday it had sealed a deal with the workers and that the strike notice covering several days in May and a period from July to Sept. 8 had been lifted. The Paris Olympic Games will take place July 26-Aug. 11, followed by the Aug. 28-Sept. 8 Paralympics. “An increase in the allowance system has been approved: 50 euros gross per month from July 2024, then 30 euros gross per month from January 2025,” Paris City Hall said in a statement.
In addition, the framework for bonuses for the workers who will be mobilized during the Olympic and Paralympic Games “remains between 600 euros and 1,900 euros , depending on the degree of intensification of the workload during the preparation, organization and/or participation in the staging” of the event. Last year, thousands of tons of rubbish remained on the Paris streets during a long strike by garbage collectors protesting a reform of the French pension system.
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