Economy
Madrid's Streets Are Covered in Garbage
The city's 6,000 cleaners have been on strike for more than a week. That's bad news for anyone who wants to walk outside.
Madrid's street cleaners are now on strike for a second week, protesting substantial pay cuts and layoffs proposed by their employers. And each day, the city's sidewalks become more and more awash in garbage.
Private contractors run Madrid's waste collection services. After they proposed eliminating more than 1,000 jobs and reducing wages for remaining workers by as much as 40 percent, nearly all of the 6,000 cleaners took to the streets in protest.