Plastic bags, bottles, boxes, food remains and autumn leaves littered the streets of Spain’s capital on Wednesday, the second day of an indefinite strike by garbage collectors and gardeners over proposed lay-offs and wage cuts.
Some 6,000 outdoor maintenance workers joined the walk-out at midnight on Tuesday, union representatives said, after private companies, contracted by Madrid’s city hall, proposed slashing salaries by up to 40 percent and laying off 1,144 people.
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