towards a return to normal in Ile-de-France service stations, after a social movement among transporters

Two fuel depots were on strike at the call of the CGT Transports, and some 80 stations were experiencing difficulties, but the movement is about to be lifted.

Don’t be surprised when you go to refuel. Some Ile-de-France service stations are still experiencing supply difficulties on Thursday December 7. This is the consequence of a strike launched at the beginning of the week in the fuel depots of Gennevilliers (Hauts-de-Seine) and Coignières (Yvelines), reports The Parisian. “Things will get back to normal in the afternoon”declared to franceinfo Fabrice Michaud, general secretary of the CGT Transports, who announced the end of the conflict.

On Wednesday, 22% of service stations in Val-de-Marne were unable to provide at least one type of fuel, and 20% in Hauts-de-Seine. Some 21% of Seine-Saint-Denis stations were also experiencing difficulties, according to a count carried out by The Parisian from government data.

A conflict over driver monitoring

The CGT Transports denounced the implementation of surveillance systems in the heavy goods vehicles of subcontractor carriers, announced by the TotalEnergies group. The union, in its press release, mentions cameras “filming the interior of the cabins and [les] drivers, as well as exterior cameras”. What constitutes “a questioning of freedoms”believes Fabrice Michaud.

The TotalEnergies group, contacted by The Parisiandescribes for its part a “sensor installed in the cabin” for security purposes, allowing “to alert the driver when he is tired, drowsy or inattentive”. The group assured that it “does not require the recording or storage or transmission of images”.

On Wednesday evening, the CGT Transport published on Facebook a photo of a letter signed by the logistics director of TotalEnergies, finally announcing the cancellation “of the 2023 plan to strengthen road transport safety”. A decision qualified as “nice victory” by the union, which welcomed “for bringing the multinational to its knees”.