Garbage piles up on Paris sidewalks as pension strike continues

More than 5,600 tons of garbage had piled up by Monday, drawing complaints from some district mayors.

Sanitation workers say two more years is too long for the essential but neglected services they render to all.

President Emmanuel Macron remains undaunted as his government presses ahead with trying to get the unpopular pension reform bill passed in parliament.

Even if the bill becomes law, “we have other options,” said Durnaz.

“Nothing is written in stone,’ said Aubisse, a union official.

He cited an unpopular 2006 law to promote youth employment that was pushed through by then-PM Dominique de Villepin.