The CGT did not sign the wage agreement concluded last Friday between the management and two majority unions.
The CGT representatives of the oil sites of TotalEnergies on strike for three weeks to obtain wage increases, proposed “the renewal of the movement“Until Wednesday at midday, said Tuesday evening to AFP Eric Sellini, CGT coordinator at the national level. “The conflict will continue at least until Wednesday noon, and we will see what will happen next during the general assemblies” of employees on Wednesday, said Eric Sellini.
In addition, following the day of mobilization and strikes on Tuesday throughout France, “there will also be meetings of all the organizations of the CGT which will decide if this day calls for others”he added. “Beyond the refiners and the 14,000 employees of TotalEnergies, we also carry the voice of those who suffer from the fact that wages do not keep up with inflation and who see winter coming with promises of higher oil prices. energy or food“, he added.
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“It is at the national level that this question must be dealt with, because we are in a very special situation”, added the manager. The strike action at the call of the CGT in the refineries and depots concerned Tuesday evening the TotalEnergies sites in Normandy, Donges, La Mède, Feyzin (the depot, the refinery being stopped for technical reasons) and Flandres (depot ), said Eric Sellini.
General salary increase of 5%
The CGT did not sign the wage agreement concluded last Friday between the management and two majority unions (CFE-CGC and CFDT), providing for a general increase of 5% in wages, accompanied by individual increases and a bonus exceptional between 3000 and 6000 euros. The CGT demanded a 10% increase to offset the inflation expected this year and take advantage of the exceptional income earned by the oil group in 2021.
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Of the total French infrastructure, four out of seven refineries were concerned, 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.
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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 present on these sites at time T at around 90 employees. Employees actually work in shifts and shifts. For the Feyzin site alone, the CGT claims around a hundred strikers, according to its local representative, Pedro Afonso, for whom “determination is intact”.