A female, street cleaner in Motril was verbally accosted in the Los Álamos area of town on the 16th of this month.

This barrio is a conflictive area where there is a rubbish/litter problem, especially above a small sports facilities, on which we ran an article earlier in the month.

The incident took place around 08.15h on Thursday last week, soon after the 58-year-old worker had begun her cleaning tasks.

A middle-aged man approached her, shouting, “It’s just not on that these streets are so dirty,” whilst insulting her liberally. According to the cleaner, he followed her around for nearly an hour, continuing with the rant.

There is no doubt about it that there are areas of Motril with a proliferation of rubbish and the street cleaning personnel can’t keep up with it. Their workers’ union as well as the workers’ committee belonging to the company that has the cleaning contract have informed the Town Hall about the situation, as well as complaining about the harrassment that some workers have suffered almost on a daily basis.

The union considers that the problem originates in the Town Council’s alleged drive to dismantle public services. It appears that the Town Hall even recognises these deficiencies and human-resources scarcities.

(News/Noticias: Motril, Costa Tropical Granada, Andalucia)