Fuel shortage, live: the requisition of employees of the TotalEnergies depot in Dunkirk has been initiated – Le Monde

Requisitions: for Martinez (CGT) the government is doing “bullshit” The requisitions decided by the government in the refineries are “bullshit” because “the situation could have relaxed as soon as [mercredi] evening, ”said CGT leader Philippe Martinez on Thursday, October 13, on BFM-TV. He also accused the executive of setting “fire to the powder”. The government “makes sure that the negotiation cannot succeed”, because “it is not by force that we calm the situation”, he added, considering that the executive has “underestimated the anger of the world of work, and not just at Total”. At TotalEnergies, where the CGT is demanding a 10% wage increase, management proposed Thursday morning to pay an “exceptional bonus” to all its employees. “Negotiation happens with management and the unions around a table, not through press releases,” reacted Mr. Martinez. Questioned by Emmanuel Macron, who asked Wednesday evening on France 2 “that the CGT allow the country to function”, the union leader retorted that the head of state “plays big arms”. “We must generalize the strikes”, he insisted, announcing “from next week a new call for strikes and demonstrations in all companies, public and private”, probably on October 18. Union representatives welcome Philippe Martinez to the ExxonMobil site. In Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine, October 12, 2022. MARIE BENOIST FOR “THE WORLD”