As Kosovo workers push for 30 euros, US garbage workers are paid 100 thousand

Salaries of waste collectors in the country remain discriminatory. Periscop's brought to him an article translated by CNN on the garbage collectors in New York City.

Noel Molina is a garbage picker, just like his associate Tony Sankar. They've been doing this job for a decade in New York.

But they love the work they do. Partly because they are well paid for their hard work, but also because they are valued by citizens.

And you're gonna give me money,” says Molina, 32.

Last year Molina managed to collect 112 thousand dollars as a truck driver and his friend Sankari 100,000. Their salaries have increased to eight-nine years in recent years, according to their bosses.

Molina dropped out of high school in the tenth grade and worked in the waste-gathering company for 10 years. At first, he had a salary of $80,000 a year.

Not everyone gets these numbers, but the garbage collector thing is important.

Throughout the United States, the annual salary for a waste picker is 400,000 dollars.

Those who drop out of school receive approximately 24 thousand, those who graduate 30,000 - less than garbage collectors.

This is partly dictated by the inability to find workers in this business.

Rows, meanwhile, continue to grow on sides and across the country.

But this is not easy work. They load very heavy containers every night. Also problematic is the negative stigma attached to them.

The waste industry also gives long working contracts to people of the working class. Also, full health coverage. /Periscopi