Paris has a rodent problem, and pest control is threatening to hang up its traps. Last week Paris’ overworked rat catchers staged a one day strike demanding reinforcements and bonuses. This comes after what the workers call December’s war of rats where the city’s parks and public spaces had to be shut down so traps could be laid. Workers say they cleaned up the city of dozens of vermin but have yet to be properly recognized for their trouble. So about 50 pest workers gathered outside city hall driving the point home with a large dead rat underneath a giant banner that read the staff are angry.” In addition to more staff the workers are demanding payment of a $2,100 bonus they say was lost in the shuffle of an administrative reorganization. The workers union representative says the pest workers are always subjected to the most difficult tasks and are usually forgotten. And with biologists calculating that a single pair of rats could have 15,000 children by the end of the year, these are workers you’re going to want on the payroll.A Rat Infested Strike
Paris has a rodent problem, and pest control is threatening to hang up its traps. Last week Paris’ overworked rat catchers staged a one day strike demanding reinforcements and bonuses. This comes after what the workers call December’s war of rats where the city’s parks and public spaces had to be shut down so traps could be laid. Workers say they cleaned up the city of dozens of vermin but have yet to be properly recognized for their trouble. So about 50 pest workers gathered outside city hall driving the point home with a large dead rat underneath a giant banner that read the staff are angry.” In addition to more staff the workers are demanding payment of a $2,100 bonus they say was lost in the shuffle of an administrative reorganization. The workers union representative says the pest workers are always subjected to the most difficult tasks and are usually forgotten. And with biologists calculating that a single pair of rats could have 15,000 children by the end of the year, these are workers you’re going to want on the payroll.