To offset the effects of inflation, employees want a 10% increase in their salaries.
The CGT of TotalEnergies is calling on the entire group and its subsidiaries in France for a national strike on September 27, 28 and 29, in particular to obtain a salary increase and a “inflation compensation“, we learned Monday from the union. The first claim,it is the question of wages and compensation for inflation, as it is suffered by all employeesof the hydrocarbon giant, Éric Sellini, CGT coordinator for the group, told AFP.
«We have assessed our demand at a 10% salary increase, to take into account the necessary catch-up for the year 2021, since we signed an agreement which did not cover all of the inflation, and the coverage of the inflation this year“, he specified. This claim concerns the oil branch “and all our subsidiaries“said the trade unionist. The CGT is also calling for hiring, frozen according to it by management, and investments, in particular “in the supply of sustainable energy“, according to Eric Sellini. TotalEnergies employs 35,000 people in France, including its subsidiaries.
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An interview at the level of the oil branch is scheduled for the 27th, which is why the start of the movement is expected on that day, mainly in the oil sites. They should be joined by the other sites of the group the following days, with the line of sight on the day of action in all economic sectors, at the call of the CGT and Solidaires. TotalEnergies made huge profits in the second quarter of 2022, taking full advantage of the rise in oil and gas prices, which followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.