Paris overwhelmed by garbage as sanitation workers strike over pension reform.

Paris is drowning in trash as municipal trash collectors and sanitation workers went on strike to protest the French government's plan to raise their retirement age. The strike has led to 7,000 tons of trash piling up on Paris sidewalks, with no one to collect it. The crisis is likely to come to a head this week when French lawmakers debate and vote on the government's proposal to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. The proposal has faced staunch opposition from unions and workers, with strikes disrupting services from public transport to power plants for weeks.