He wanted to see public assemblies between local politicians, young people, activists and retired tip-workers, who know what kinds of toxicity are buried in the landfills.
Garbage collectors blocked one of the French capital's main waste management plants Tuesday to show their anger at a bill raising the retirement age to 64.
So yeah, back in January, the workers in the bin lorry service started striking one day a week in protest of them getting rid of this rule, and then they escalated it at the start of March.
There, entranced, stood Dean Martin, drooling, as the garbage men wheeled the huge, stinking bins backward and forward from our building to their truck.
Now, the other big news story this afternoon has been the news that the Birmingham bin strike will continue as workers overwhelmingly have rejected a pay deal with the Labour-run City Council.
Before the big march, Martin Luther King, Jr. , went to Memphis, Tennessee. Garbage workers were on strike. Martin wanted to help them get a pay raise.
Birmingham City Council told me that the majority of refuse workers who were employed as workos have taken up alternative roles in the waste service at the same pay, leaving around 40 who haven't.