Continuing strikes at TotalEnergies group refineries in France seriously disrupted fuel supplies Friday after the left-wing CGT union rejected a deal over a pay increase that two other unions had agreed to.
A woman pushes her car to reach a gas station, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022 in Nanterre, outside Paris. Strikes in the French refineries of TotalEnergies group were still going on Friday, heavily disrupting fuel supplies as hard-left CGT union rejected a deal over pay rise that has been found between the energy giant and two other more moderate unions. –
Strikers are demanding higher wages from what they feel should be their share of windfall profits generated by high oil and gas prices amid the global energy crisis aggravated byTotal said in a statement Friday that in line with the majority agreement it will increase salaries for all its employees in France in 2023 by 7%, and called for end to the strikes at all its sites.
The Minister for Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, said Friday she was hoping for a return to normality “as quickly as possible,” helped by government-ordered worker requisitions at two fuel depots in western and northern France.
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