Almost a month after the start of the garbage collectors’ strike, a way out?
It all started with the announcement of the “finished job”, a provision that allows Toulouse garbage collectors to leave their workstations once their collection round is over. After four weeks of strike, and while the trash accumulates in all the streets of Toulouse and part of the municipalities of the Metropolis, new proposals made by the possibility of suggesting a way out of the crisis.
“The community has agreed to grant us eleven additional days of leave for the arduousness of our work,” Nicolas Refutin, secretary general of FO de la Métropole, told AFP. A step forward compared to the two days initially proposed. These days of subjection supplemented by the implementation of reduced hours during the summer months “as well as compensation for Saturdays or public holidays worked”, continues the trade unionist who alongside other organizations initially requested 34 days of compensation, or the equivalent of a 15% reduction in working time, like what the Marseille garbage collectors obtained.
“The community also assured us that there wouldn’t have been any cuts in pay as we feared, and that there would even be some increases. If we have met all these proposals end to end, we arrive at an 11% reduction in working time. We demanded 15% and the community, she proposed 3% at the beginning, “said the trade unionist who welcomed this” progress “, but wait” to see the proposals in writing “, continues Nicolas Refutin.
Garbage collectors, who have been blocking access to the depots for several days, will be consulted this Thursday morning to determine whether they represent work or continue the strike.