Workers appear determined to continue the protests until Tuesday, when “mobilizations and strikes” have been called in many sectors.
With a new demand he threatened yesterday the government of France the workers in refineries and fuel warehouses, in the event that the situation becomes “particularly tense”, while it described as “unacceptable” the continuation of the mobilizations of the workers at the company TotalEnergies.
Speaking on the TF1 television network, French Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne raised her voice yesterday, asking the strikers in TotalEnergies “not to block the country, with all the difficulties this creates”.
The strikes affect three refineries out of seven as well as five major fuel depots out of a total of 200. However, according to the government, workers’ participation in strikes is gradually decreasing.
In the meantime the government has so far proceeded to requisition of workers, only at one TotalEnergies fuel depot, near Dunkirk,
“A total of 30.1% of the gas stations” were facing problems with refueling at least one type of fuel yesterday, Sunday evening, compared to 27.3% on Saturday. The percentage “is too high”, complained Bourne, who did not rule out the possibility of a new injunction in case the “situation becomes particularly tense”.
At a time when fuel prices have risen significantly due to the strike, the French Prime Minister announced the extension of the refund of the subsidy to consumers of 30 cents per liter, assuring that TotalEnergies will also extend its own subsidy of 20 cents per liter.
The government subsidy was to be reduced to 10 cents per liter from November 1 for two months.
On the night of Thursday into Friday, the two largest unions of TotalEnergies workers, CFDT and CFE-CGC, reached an agreement on wage increases. The agreement provides general 7% salary increase and an additional increase that will vary per employee. It also includes a bonus payment equal to one salary.
However the CGT union is still asking for 10% wage increases that correspond to “inflation and sharing” of the oil company’s profits, which in the first half of the year reached $5.7 billion (€5.8 billion).
The union plans to continue the protests until Tuesday, a day when “mobilizations and strikes” have been announced in many sectors.
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