The streets and back squares of the Danish capital are filled with accumulated waste for this reason.
The DR website published a report about how the streets and backyards of the Danish capital, Copenhagen, were severely affected by the spread of garbage due to the strike of sanitation workers, which continued until the weekend, causing a large accumulation of garbage around waste containers. The source published several pictures showing the accumulation of garbage in Copenhagen.
The strike began a week ago when hundreds of sanitation workers stopped working in protest over their working hours being affected when Amager Resourcecenter (ARC) becomes responsible for waste collection soon.
For several years, the Copenhagen municipality has relied on private companies to collect waste, but the municipality is now preparing to take over the task, and thus the cleaning workers will soon have to work for Amager Ressourcecenter ARC, which is publicly owned.
The relevant authority, ARC, had previously announced its desire to begin a dialogue with the cleaning workers, but not in the event of a strike.
Early Monday morning, the striking cleaners will meet to decide whether to continue the strike or resume work and enter into dialogue with the ARC.
The cleaners were ordered to resume work on Thursday, but they refused, resulting in hundreds of them being fined a total of 1.5 million kroner for their strike.
Around 500 sanitation workers went on strike in a week-long non-contractual work stoppage, leading to a buildup of garbage in Copenhagen and Amager.
Cleaners in Frederiksberg also went on strike in solidarity with their colleagues in Copenhagen municipality, but they resumed work again on Wednesday morning.
