The strikers at the oil sites of TotalEnergies will have to decide whether to continue or expand their movement. After three weeks of strike, a wage increase deemed too low by the CGT and a lackluster national mobilization for wages, Tuesday, October 18, the strikers of the group’s oil sites will vote, Wednesday, for or against the “renewal of movement”proposed by the union. “Beyond the refiners and the 14,000 employees of TotalEnergies, we also carry the voice of those who suffer from the fact that wages do not keep up with inflation and who see winter coming with promises of higher fuel prices. energy or food”argued Eric Sellini, national coordinator of the CGT for refineries. Follow our live.
Already voted renewals. Tuesday evening in Gonfreville, in Normandy, the renewal was voted massively, according to Emmanuel Letetu, elected CSE of the CGT, and Pierre Yves Hauguel, CGT delegate. In addition to Normandy, the strike movement at the call of the CGT in the refineries and depots still concerned Wednesday morning the TotalEnergies sites of Donges, La Mède, Feyzin (the depot, the refinery being stopped for technical reason) and Flanders (deposit), specified Eric Sellini. According to Olivier Mateu, CGT departmental secretary of Bouches du Rhône“nothing is decided” for the sequel.
A Wednesday morning meeting. Many CGT elected officials must participate Wednesday morning by videoconference in a national meeting where each section must decide and a decision be taken concerning a call for a general strike, said Olivier Mateu.
A “significant improvement”. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne reported on Tuesday a “significant improvement” in service stations, less than a quarter of which are now without fuel, instead of a third, due to a strike in depots and refineries. “Nationally, less than 25% of service stations were out of fuel at noon, compared to 30% last weekend”, she argued the day after a meeting at the Élysée Palace where President Emmanuel Macron had asked for the crisis to be resolved “as quickly as possible”.