PHOTOS: Garbage collectors strike in Madrid, Spain
November 10, 2013
Women walks by garbage containers piled up with trash bags during the sixth day of a garbage collectors strike, in Madrid, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. Street cleaners and garbage collectors who work in the city's public parks walked off the job in a strike called by trade unions to contest the planned layoff of more than 1,000 workers. Madrid's municipal cleaning companies, which have service supply contracts with the city authorities, employ some 6,000 staff. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) ( Spain Trash Strike )
A couple sit on a public bench as garbage spills out of a full trash can during the sixth day of a garbage collectors strike, in Madrid, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. Street cleaners and garbage collectors who work in the city's public parks walked off the job in a strike called by trade unions to contest the planned layoff of more than 1,000 workers. Madrid's municipal cleaning companies, which have service supply contracts with the city authorities, employ some 6,000 staff. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) ( APTOPIX Spain Trash Strike )
A couple walks by containers already piled up with trash bags during the sixth day of a garbage collectors strike, in Madrid, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. Street cleaners and garbage collectors who work in the city's public parks walked off the job in a strike called by trade unions to contest the planned layoff of more than 1,000 workers. Madrid's municipal cleaning companies, which have service supply contracts with the city authorities, employ some 6,000 staff. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) ( Spain Trash Strike )
People walk by a full trash can during the sixth day of a garbage collectors strike, in Madrid, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. Street cleaners and garbage collectors who work in the city's public parks walked off the job in a strike called by trade unions to contest the planned layoff of more than 1,000 workers. Madrid's municipal cleaning companies, which have service supply contracts with the city authorities, employ some 6,000 staff. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) ( Spain Trash Strike )
A trash bin in a street is overflowing as a shop assistant works in a shoe store in downtown Madrid, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013. Trash collectors in Madrid are on the third day of an open-ended strike called by trade unions to contest the planned layoff of more than 1.000 workers. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) ( Spain Trash Strike )
A woman carries garbage to containers already piled up with trash bags during the sixth day of a garbage collectors strike, in Madrid, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. Street cleaners and garbage collectors who work in the city's public parks walked off the job in a strike called by trade unions to contest the planned layoff of more than 1,000 workers. Madrid's municipal cleaning companies, which have service supply contracts with the city authorities, employ some 6,000 staff. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) ( Spain Trash Strike )
A woman smokes as she walks beside a pile of trash on sidewalk during the second day of a garbage collectors strike, in Madrid, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013. Street cleaners and garbage collectors who work in the city's public parks walked off the job in a strike called by trade unions to contest the planned layoff of more than 1,000 workers. Madrid's municipal cleaning companies, which have service supply contracts with the city authorities, employ some 6,000 staff. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) ( Spain Trash Strike )
People walk their dogs as garbage covers the street in central Madrid during the sixth day of a garbage collectors strike, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. Street cleaners and garbage collectors who work in the city's public parks walked off the job in a strike called by trade unions to contest the planned layoff of more than 1,000 workers. Madrid's municipal cleaning companies, which have service supply contracts with the city authorities, employ some 6,000 staff. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) ( Spain Trash Strike )
A girl tries to avoid stepping on garbage as she walks down the street past containers already piled up with trash bags during the sixth day of a garbage collectors strike, in Madrid, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. Street cleaners and garbage collectors who work in the city's public parks walked off the job in a strike called by trade unions to contest the planned layoff of more than 1,000 workers. Madrid's municipal cleaning companies, which have service supply contracts with the city authorities, employ some 6,000 staff. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) ( Spain Trash Strike )
Spanish police officers push back a trash container that was blocking the street after it was tipped over during picket action outside a road sweeper's coordination centre in Madrid, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. Street cleaners and garbage collectors who work in the city's public parks walked off the job at midnight in a strike called by trade unions to contest the planned layoff of more than 1,000 workers. Madrid's municipal cleaning companies, which have service supply contracts with the city authorities, employ some 6,000 staff. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) ( Spain Trash Strike )
Police stand guard as papers fly around during a demonstration on the first day of a garbage collectors strike, at the City Hall in Madrid, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. Street cleaners and garbage collectors who work in the city's public parks walked off the job at midnight in a strike called by trade unions to contest the planned layoff of more than 1,000 workers. Madrid's municipal cleaning companies, which have service supply contracts with the city authorities, employ some 6,000 staff. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) ( Spain Trash Strike )
A man drives his motorcycle as papers fly around during the first day of a garbage collectors strike in Madrid, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. Street cleaners and garbage collectors who work in the city's public parks walked off the job at midnight in a strike called by trade unions to contest the planned layoff of more than 1,000 workers. Madrid's municipal cleaning companies, which have service supply contracts with the city authorities, employ some 6,000 staff. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) ( Spain Trash Strike )
Protestors march during a demonstration against layoffs of street cleaners and garbage collectors in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Trash collectors in Madrid have started bonfires and set off firecrackers during a noisy protest in one of the Spanish capitalís main squares as they prepare to start an open-ended strike.Hundreds of street cleaners and garbage collectors who work in the cityís public parks converged on the Puerta del Sol plaza late Monday. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) ( Spain Trash Strike )
A man kicks the trash after the container was tipped over during picket action outside a road sweeper's coordination centre in Madrid, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. Street cleaners and garbage collectors who work in the city's public parks walked off the job at midnight in a strike called by trade unions to contest the planned layoff of more than 1,000 workers. Madrid's municipal cleaning companies, which have service supply contracts with the city authorities, employ some 6,000 staff. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) ( Spain Trash Strike )
Protestors burn trash and municipal worker uniforms during a demonstration against layoffs of street cleaners and garbage collectors in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Trash collectors in Madrid have started bonfires and set off firecrackers during a noisy protest in one of the Spanish capitalís main squares as they prepare to start an open-ended strike. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) ( Spain Trash Strike )
A protestor burns a street cleaner's uniform during a demonstration against layoffs of cleaners and garbage collectors in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Trash collectors in Madrid have started bonfires and set off firecrackers during a noisy protest in one of the Spanish capitalís main squares as they prepare to start an open-ended strike. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) ( Spain Trash Strike )
Protestors burn a cleaner's uniform with a logo reading "Madrid clean and green" during a demonstration against layoffs of cleaners and garbage collectors in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Trash collectors in Madrid have started bonfires and set off firecrackers during a noisy protest in one of the Spanish capital's main squares as they prepare to start an open-ended strike. Hundreds of street cleaners and garbage collectors who work in the city's public parks converged on the Puerta del Sol plaza late Monday. They were due to walk off the job at midnight in a strike called by trade unions to contest the planned layoff of more than 1,000 workers. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) ( Spain Trash Strike )
A woman walks trough a trash covered street after a demonstration against layoffs of street cleaners and garbage collectors in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Trash collectors in Madrid have started bonfires and set off firecrackers during a noisy protest in one of the Spanish capitalís main squares as they prepare to start an open-ended strike. Hundreds of street cleaners and garbage collectors who work in the cityís public parks converged on the Puerta del Sol plaza late Monday. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) ( Spain Trash Strike )
A elderly couple pass by burning trash during a demonstration against layoffs of street cleaners and garbage collectors in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Trash collectors in Madrid have started bonfires and set off firecrackers during a noisy protest in one of the Spanish capitalís main squares as they prepare to start an open-ended strike. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) ( Spain Trash Strike )
A protestor steps away from burning trash as fireworks explode during a demonstration against layoffs of street cleaners and garbage collectors in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Trash collectors in Madrid have started bonfires and set off firecrackers during a noisy protest in one of the Spanish capitalís main squares as they prepare to start an open-ended strike.Hundreds of street cleaners and garbage collectors who work in the cityís public parks converged on the Puerta del Sol plaza late Monday. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) ( Spain Trash Strike )
Protestors burn trash during a demonstration against layoffs of street cleaners and garbage collectors in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Trash collectors in Madrid have started bonfires and set off firecrackers during a noisy protest in one of the Spanish capitalís main squares as they prepare to start an open-ended strike. Hundreds of street cleaners and garbage collectors who work in the cityís public parks converged on the Puerta del Sol plaza late Monday. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) ( Spain Trash Strike )
Protestors burn trash as they carry a banner reading "Madrid clean and green. No layoffs!" during a demonstration against layoffs of street cleaners and garbage collectors in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Trash collectors in Madrid have started bonfires and set off firecrackers during a noisy protest in one of the Spanish capitalís main squares as they prepare to start an open-ended strike. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) ( Spain Trash Strike )
Protestors march during a demonstration against layoffs of street cleaners and garbage collectors in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Trash collectors in Madrid have started bonfires and set off firecrackers during a noisy protest in one of the Spanish capitalís main squares as they prepare to start an open-ended strike. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) ( Spain Trash Strike )
A protester burns trash during a demonstration against layoffs of street cleaners and garbage collectors in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Trash collectors in Madrid have started bonfires and set off firecrackers during a noisy protest in one of the Spanish capitalís main squares as they prepare to start an open-ended strike. Hundreds of street cleaners and garbage collectors who work in the cityís public parks converged on the Puerta del Sol plaza late Monday. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) ( Spain Trash Strike )
A woman takes a snapshot after a demonstration against layoffs of street cleaners and garbage collectors in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Trash collectors in Madrid have started bonfires and set off firecrackers during a noisy protest in one of the Spanish capitalís main squares as they prepare to start an open-ended strike. Hundreds of street cleaners and garbage collectors who work in the cityís public parks converged on the Puerta del Sol plaza late Monday. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) ( Spain Trash Strike )
A woman takes a snapshot after a demonstration against layoffs of street cleaners and garbage collectors in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Trash collectors in Madrid have started bonfires and set off firecrackers during a noisy protest in one of the Spanish capitalís main squares as they prepare to start an open-ended strike. Hundreds of street cleaners and garbage collectors who work in the cityís public parks converged on the Puerta del Sol plaza late Monday. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) ( Spain Trash Strike )
A couple walk trough a trash covered street after a demonstration against layoffs of street cleaners and garbage collectors in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Trash collectors in Madrid have started bonfires and set off firecrackers during a noisy protest in one of the Spanish capitalís main squares as they prepare to start an open-ended strike. Hundreds of street cleaners and garbage collectors who work in the cityís public parks converged on the Puerta del Sol plaza late Monday. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) ( Spain Trash Strike )
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