CGT strikes renewed at TotalÉnergies and ExxonMobil – RMC

The CGT announced that strike movements would continue within the refineries and fuel depots of TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil. The strike movements affecting several French refineries and fuel depots were renewed on Saturday at TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil, according to the CGT.Saturday, three of the six French refineries were still shut down, according to the CGT: the largest refinery of TotalEnergies, in Normandy, as well as the two French refineries of the American Esso-ExxonMobil. about 70% of strikers”, specified Christophe Aubert, elected CGT at ExxonMobil, “it is the same workforce all weekend, so it should not move and, there, nothing comes out”. Multiple blocking points on the territoryIn addition, at the TotalEnergies refinery in Feyzin (Rhône), “there were 100% of strikers in the shipping department at 6:00 a.m.,” Pedro Afonso, elected CGT, told AFP. “Usually, there are 250 to 300 trucks a day and between 30 and 50 wagons. Nothing will come out there,” he added, even if the refinery continues to produce. French energy company, in addition to its Normandy refinery, the strikers have been massively mobilized in recent days at the fuel depot in Flanders, near Dunkirk (North), at the “bio-refinery” in La Mède (Bouches-du-Rhône) and at the Grandpuits fuel depot (Seine-et-Marne) in particular, to limit the outflow of petroleum products as much as possible, according to the CGT. The Grandpuits fuel depot is however not in operation on weekends, according to TotalEnergies. Blockades by strikers lead to lower fuel deliveries, so petrol stations are more often out of stocks of petrol or diesel. TotalEnergies manages almost a third of French stations. pennies.