According to the CGT, most TotalEnergies refineries have between 70 and 100% strikers against the pension reform on January 19.
The January 19 strike against the pension reform mobilize oil workers. Indeed, the CGT has just announced a first figure for the mobilization of the day. According to the union, most TotalEnergies refineries have “between 70% and 100% strikers”.
Still, for now, 1.95% of French service stations were out of petrol or diesel, Thursday morning. This was from 3.75% at the end of the weekend, according to AFP. A percentage « naturel »according to Olivier Gantois, president of the French Union of Petroleum Industries (Ufip), interviewed by us.
The difficulties are reaching particularly, at the present time, the Parisian region. Thus, the Hauts-de-Seine (9.64% of stations affected) and the Seine-Saint-Denis (8.89% of stations affected) are the departments most affected by fuel-related shortages.
More strikes to come and new shortages?
Remember that in order to express their dissatisfaction with the government’s pension reform project, a new strike by the oil branch of the CGT will follow on January 26. The latter will last, this time, 48 hours. On February 8, a 72 hour call was also launched.
From this last date, employees will be offered “the renewable strike with, if necessary, shutdown of refining facilities« , reported a press release from the CGT. A situation that would not reminiscent of October. Strikes then undermined the oil sector, which had led to shortages everywhere in France.
The government, for its part, wanted reassuring. The Minister of Energy Transition, Agnes Pannier-Runacher, called on motorists to remain calm, this January 13, on France info :
“Already, I want to reassure everyone: the stocks exist, they have been replenished since the fall movement and indeed, I want to reassure motorists again. Today, there is no strike in the refineries. The reality is that there is no social movement today in refineries and oil depots. »
According to the CGT, most TotalEnergies refineries have between 70 and 100% strikers against the pension reform on January 19.
The January 19 strike against the pension reform mobilize oil workers. Indeed, the CGT has just announced a first figure for the mobilization of the day. According to the union, most TotalEnergies refineries have “between 70% and 100% strikers”.
Still, for now, 1.95% of French service stations were out of petrol or diesel, Thursday morning. This was from 3.75% at the end of the weekend, according to AFP. A percentage « naturel »according to Olivier Gantois, president of the French Union of Petroleum Industries (Ufip), interviewed by us.
The difficulties are reaching particularly, at the present time, the Parisian region. Thus, the Hauts-de-Seine (9.64% of stations affected) and the Seine-Saint-Denis (8.89% of stations affected) are the departments most affected by fuel-related shortages.
More strikes to come and new shortages?
Remember that in order to express their dissatisfaction with the government’s pension reform project, a new strike by the oil branch of the CGT will follow on January 26. The latter will last, this time, 48 hours. On February 8, a 72 hour call was also launched.
From this last date, employees will be offered “the renewable strike with, if necessary, shutdown of refining facilities« , reported a press release from the CGT. A situation that would not reminiscent of October. Strikes then undermined the oil sector, which had led to shortages everywhere in France.
The government, for its part, wanted reassuring. The Minister of Energy Transition, Agnes Pannier-Runacher, called on motorists to remain calm, this January 13, on France info :
“Already, I want to reassure everyone: the stocks exist, they have been replenished since the fall movement and indeed, I want to reassure motorists again. Today, there is no strike in the refineries. The reality is that there is no social movement today in refineries and oil depots. »
