the CGT meets Tuesday evening to decide on the continuation of the movement

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The strike called by the CGT in refineries and depots continues on all blocked sites of TotalEnergies this Tuesday, national day of interprofessional action.

The CGT representatives of the oil sites of TotalEnergies, on strike for three weeks and again on Tuesday, will meet at the beginning of the evening on the follow-up to be given to their movement of wage demands. The CGT refining representatives at TotalEnergies will meet on Tuesday at 6:00 p.m., said the CGT coordinator for the group, Eric Sellini. “We will see the rest, if we continue, or not, or partially. It will depend in particular on the day today, it restores momentum and there is always this feeling of anger. We will see if this is enough to push the movement forward. And ultimately it is the employees who will vote,” he said.

“All Total sites remain mobilized”

The strike movement at the call of the CGT in refineries and depots continues on all the blocked sites of the French group on Tuesday, a national day of interprofessional action, which overflowed in particular into a strike in transport. It again concerned the TotalEnergies sites in Normandy, Donges, La Mède, Feyzin (the depot, the refinery being stopped for technical reasons) and Flandres (depot), indicated Eric Sellini, whose union did not sign. the wage agreement reached last Friday between management and two majority unions. Of the total French infrastructure, four out of seven refineries were affected by a strike for their refining and/or depot operations. The other three refineries in the country, operated by Esso-ExxonMobil and the Petroineos group, are operating. Depots not linked to refineries, such as that of Grandpuits being transformed into a biorefinery, were also on strike.

«All Total sites remain mobilized“, said Thierry Defresne, secretary CGT European committee TotalEnergies, in Gonfreville, the site of the refinery of Normandy. According to TotalEnergies, the six sites affected by the strike have just over 3,400 people on permanent contracts. The company estimates the number of strikers on these sites at around 90 employees.

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