仏パリにごみの山…年金改革反対で回収業者らがスト

【パリ（フランス）ＡＦＰ＝時事】フランス・パリで、政府の年金制度改革に反対するごみ回収業者らが１週間にわたりストライキを行っており、市内には何千トンものごみの山ができている。パリ市庁舎が１２日、明らかにした。（写真は、ごみ回収員のストライキが続く仏パリの路上に積み上がったごみ）
　フランスではエマニュエル・マクロン大統領が打ち出した年金支給開始の年齢を６２歳から６４歳に引き上げる改革案に反対するデモやストライキが続いている。
　パリ郊外の三つのごみ焼却場でも従業員がストを実施。道路には黒いごみ袋の山ができ、ごみ箱はあふれている。
　家庭ごみの回収を担当するシクトムは、ごみ回収車を地域の他のごみ保管場所や処理施設に向かわせていると説明した。現時点では警察の介入は要請していないという。
　市庁舎職員は先週、市内の半数の地区でごみ回収を行った。ストライキによる影響は５、６、１６区など行政区や高級住宅街の一部に出ている。他のエリアはストを行っていない民間企業が回収を担当している。
　左派系強硬派労働組合「労働総同盟（ＣＧＴ）」によると、ごみ回収員と回収車の運転手の定年は現在５７歳だが、年金改革案では５９歳まで働かなくては年金はもらえない。比較的若いころから働き始める人が多い職種のため、不公平だと考える人も多い。改革案でも、労働条件が厳しい人は早期退職が認められる。
　ＣＧＴは、ごみ回収従事者の平均寿命は全国平均よリ１２～１７年短いとしている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/03/14-16:37）

Thousands of tonnes of garbage have piled up on streets across the French capital after a week of strike action by dustbin collectors against government pension reforms, city hall said Sunday.
Three incineration plants outside the capital have been hit by the work stoppages that have left entire pavements covered in black bags and overflowing bins.
The capital's household waste agency Syctom said it has been re-routing dustbin lorries to other storage and treatment sites in the region and has yet to resort to calling in the police.
City hall employees have for the last week been picking up rubbish in just half of Paris's districts. The strike has hit some of the most exclusive areas including the 5th, 6th and 16th arrondissements.
Other districts are served by private firms which have not gone on strike.
According to the hard-left CGT union, refuse collectors and drivers can currently retire from 57 years of age, but would face another two years of work under the reform plans which still grant early retirement for those who faced tough working conditions.
Life expectancy for the garbage workers is 12-17 years below the average for the country as a whole, the CGT says.
Out on the streets, 18-year-old student Christophe Mouterde told AFP the dustbin collectors were among the first victims of this reform... often they have started work young... in a job that's more difficult than for other people in offices.
Pastry chef Romain Gaia, who works in the 2nd district where bins are not being collected, said, It's terrible, there's rats and mice.
But he still offered support for the garbage workers despite the smelly mountains of rubbish nearby.
They are quite right to strike, said the 36-year-old. Normally they have no power, but if they stop work they really have (power).
The reform's headline measure and the cornerstone policy of President Emmanuel Macron's second term in office is a hike in the general minimum retirement age to 64 from 62, seen by many as unfair to people who start working early.