Garbage Greve, Marseille

parking meater heap
Originally uploaded by cudmore.

Marseille, June 2006. The warm and not yet too hot month of June in Marseille found itself a wonderful 2 week garbage strike(greve), mostly only affecting the urban center. I found it neccessary to take some shots of the heaps. Don't be impressed by the number of shots, this was taken by just walking through the neighborhood in 10-15 minutes. They were everywhere. The strike came to an end, not because of an agreement between the unions (syndicates) and the city, but when the smell started to get stomach turning.