The CGT union does not approve the agreement between the company and the majority unions and calls for the continuation of the strike, which is currently joined by five refineries of seven and five warehouses of 200 across France.
The strike at five TotalEnergies refineries will continue next week, at the initiative of the union CBT, although that the company achieved agreement with the two majority unions.
The agreement provides for an overall pay increase of 5% for blue-collar workers and technicians, which will be 3.5% for higher status workers.
The CBT, Nevertheless, requires a 10% salary increase: 7% to compensate for the increase in the inflation and another 3% for the redistribution of the Benefits from the company.
TotalEnergies increased its profits to $10.6 billion in the first half of 2022 thanks to the rise in oil and gas prices following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Western sanctions against Moscow.
Meanwhile, around a third of the country’s gas stations are running out of fuel or closedwith long queues and a lot of tension from drivers at gas stations that have fuel.
Currently, the strikes led by the CGT union imply five refineries of seven and five warehouses of 200. Initially, CGT announced that the extension of the strike at the Le Havre refinery (north), the most important in France, will stop at least until Tuesday, to coincide with the nationwide strike day in several economic sectors, and that of Donges (west ) at least until Wednesday. He later announced that the strike will also continue in three other refineries, those of Feyzin, Flanders and Mède.
In the first two, Le Havre and Donges, the government has been forced to work by decree to small groups of key figures, three employees per shift, who are responsible for unloading fuel into trucks, with the aim of restoring distribution.
With US giant ExxonMobil’s two French refineries back to work after the deal was signed this week, the government is confident the situation will gradually “return to normal” over the next week, a statement released Friday evening. cabinet of the minister.
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