For trade union CGT it is not enough, because what they demand is a salary increase of 10%. The French government has threatened to mobilize more striking refinery workers by force and has in turn called on the company to raise wages.
The workers’ strike at six refineries in France, which is causing the shortage of gas stations, remains unresolved for now.
The company TotalEnergies announced this morning that it will be awarding an exceptional bonus to its employees worldwide equivalent to one month’s salary.
The trade union strike organizerCBT) has stressed that it is not enough, as he is asking for a 10% salary increase to make up for the loss of purchasing power due to inflation and to allow the workforce to take advantage of some of the exceptional benefits the company receives.
The French governmenttrying to put pressure on both sides. On the one hand, it has asked the CGT to lift the blockades at the refineries, threatening to extend the forced mobilization of workers at another fuel depot in Dunkirk. On the other hand, he has indicated, as Pannier Runacher himself and the Economy Minister, Bruno Le Maire, have done this morning, that TotalEnergies must give up wages and it must do so now.
The general secretary of the CGT, Philippe Martínez, accused the government this morning of “putting more fuel on the fire” with the first measures of forced mobilization of four workers from the warehouses of the CGT. Port Jérôme Refinery in Normandy, which went into effect yesterday, Wednesday. After Martínez spoke, it became known that five workers were on strike TotalEnergies warehouse in Dunkirk (Normandy) has been ordered to return to work.
President Emmanuel Macron, said in an interview on France 2 television yesterday that the conflict must be resolved by the company and the unions at the negotiating table. Macron, who also warned that there will be more forced mobilizations of workers if the situation is not unblocked, said he hopes the return to normalcy at gas stations will take place over the course of next week.
According to government figures, 30% of the gas stations in the country are without fuel, especially in the regions of Paris and in the Hauts de France region, bordering Belgium, where the percentage is 40%.
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