Employees are keeping up the pressure. The strike continues Sunday, October 16 in the refineries and depots of TotalEnergies, for lack of agreement with the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) on wage increases, despite the compromise reached overnight from Thursday to Friday with two majority unions , the French Democratic Confederation of Labor (CFDT) and the French Confederation of Managers – General Confederation of Managers (CFE-CGC).
But the CGT slammed the door of the discussions, not satisfied with the management’s proposal after about three weeks of strike: a ” envelope “ overall salary increase of 7%, including a 5% general increase plus an individual share which may differ depending on the person.
He is “unacceptable the continuation of blockages” in five TotalEnergies refineries, judged the Minister of Public Accounts Gabriel Attal during the “great meeting” Europe1/CNews/Les Echos, “even though majority agreements have been reached to raise salaries”.
“Of course there is a right to strike, but at some point the country must also be able to function, added the Minister. What is certain is that you have a few trade unionists who sometimes give the impression of sitting down on the interests of millions of French people. »
Nearly a third of service stations “in difficulty”
On Saturday, 27.3% of the country’s gas stations were considered ” in trouble “that is to say affected by the rupture of at least one of their products, according to the Minister of Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, a slight improvement compared to the day before (28.5%).
In the Ile-de-France region, this rate was much higher – 39.9% – and up by almost three percentage points.
Votes for the continuation of the movement take place at each shift, and it has been renewed at the five TotalEnergies sites in France: the Normandy refinery located near Le Havre, the largest in France, Donges (Loire-Atlantique) , la Mède (biorefinery in the Bouches-du-Rhône), Feyzin (refinery in the Rhône) and Flandres (fuel depot in the North).
“The objective now is to bring the French people together around the same demand”
Punctual deliveries of fuel were however able to be made from Donges on Saturday. “We opened these taps to relax the atmosphere. The objective is not to divide the French, to create tensions, the objective is now to bring the French together around the same demand.had explained, Saturday, Fabien Privé Saint-Lanne, secretary CGT TotalEnergies.
The CGT intends to continue the movement until Tuesday, October 18, day of “mobilization and strike” interprofessional to which Force Ouvrière (FO), Solidaires and the Unitary Trade Union Federation (FSU) also called.
At the same time, on Sunday, a march against “expensive living and climate inaction”at the call of the New People’s Ecological and Social Union.