Fuel shortage: in Normandy, the strike continues at TotalEnergies and Esso-ExxonMobil

By Eloïse Aubé Published on 13 Oct 22 at 10:22 updated on 13 Oct 22 at 15:57 News See my news Follow this media While the Fos-sur-Mer refinery puts an end to the blockage, TotalEnergies employees in Le Havre have decided to continue the strike. (© Victor Massias / 76 actu) More than 20 days after the start of the strike initiated by the employees of TotalEnergies and Esso-ExxonMobil, the situation still seems to be at a standstill. According to the Ministry of Energy Transition, 30.8% of service stations lacked one or more fuels at the end of the day on Wednesday. many are broke – the strikers have decided to continue the strike this Thursday, October 13. For its part, the management of TotalEnergies has reached out by announcing the payment of an exceptional bonus, i.e. one month’s salary to all its employees in the world, as well as a 6% increase in French wages in 2023.What you need to knowUpdated 11min agoThe strike is renewed on all TotalEnergies sites. The management then took the decision to start wage negotiations as of this evening, 8 p.m. The blockage was lifted on the Esso-ExxonMobil site in Fos-sur-Mer. a 6% wage increase. The CGT is demanding 10%.See allThe CGT announces the renewal of the strike On all the TotalEnergies sites in France, the strike will continue, the CGT announced in the middle of the afternoon. Following this announcement, the management of TotalEnergies invited the unions to wage negotiations this evening from 8 p.m. strikers from the TotalEnergies and Esso-Exxon Mobil site, near Le Havre, have decided to continue the social movement. 2023 and one month’s bonus salary. There is no catch-up measure. They understood nothing.Alexis AntoniolisSecretary General CGT Platform Normandy See the tweet End of the social movement in Fos-Sur-MerThe CGT announced the end of the strike on the site of Esso-ExxonMobil in Fos-sur-Mer (Bouches -du-Rhône) “The normal operation of the refinery will resume at our own pace” said the union in a press release. And this following discussions this morning between the striking employees and the management. François Ruffin on the site of TotalEnergies near Le HavreSomme deputy François Ruffin (LFI) arrived around noon on the TotalEnergies site, near Le Havre. A general meeting should be held at 1 p.m. to decide whether or not to renew the strike. See the tweet At Esso-ExxonMobil, this AGM will take place at 2 p.m. Fuel shipments resume In Normandy, the Esso-ExxonMobil refinery is still shut down, but fuel shipments have resumed. questioned by 76actu, “fuel shipments by truck have resumed well and pipeline shipments to Ile-de-France too” “The refinery is still shut down but the products that are in stock are gradually being made available to depots by truck and pipeline. “Management of Esso-ExxonMobilNew requisition near DunkirkAfter the Normandy refinery, the personnel of the TotalEnergies depot near Dunkirk will be requisitioned, AFP learned. Employees of the Mardyck depot, belonging to TotalEnergies, “were visited security forces at their homes to have them sign a requisition paper and order them to come to work from 2:00 p.m. this afternoon until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning (…) in order to ensure the shipping operations of fuel”, explained to AFP Clément Mortier, FO general secretary of the site. The CGT calls for the extension of the strikeThe FNME-CGT (National Federation of Mines and Energy) has called for the extension of the strike in all energy companies (gas, electricity, etc.), recalling that strike movements also affect some of the nuclear power plants. win a fair distribution of wealth,” reads a press release. still at a standstill this morning, as evidenced by the images of our journalist on site. See the tweet On this site, four employees were requisitioned by the government to supply the pumps. An exceptional bonus and a salary increaseSince the beginning of the conflict, the management of TotalEnergies has indicated that it will not engage in negotiations as long as the blockades of refineries and oil depots continue. What the strikers concerned “categorically” refused. In fact, TotalEnergies has offered to pay all of its employees worldwide an exceptional bonus, the company announced in a press release: The exceptional bonus, which will be capped for high salaries, will be paid to employees of all 100%-owned companies as well as employees of companies more than 50%-owned if their governance bodies agree.TotalEnergiesIn the process, management also proposed to increase the salaries of its French staff by 6% from 2023, in addition to the exceptional bonus, the group told AFP. salary increase of 10%, against the 3.5% obtained at the beginning of the year.
In a press release published Thursday, October 13, the management indicated “having informed the trade unions met yesterday that it was ready to consider a budget for the 2023 salary increases on the basis of 2022 inflation”. No extension of the fuel discount The Minister of the Economy announced, this Thursday, October 13, that the fuel discount will not be extended and will stop on December 31, “even if prices increase” In the midst of a fuel shortage, and at a time when consumer prices continue to rise, the government does not rule out “support for motorists and all those who have no choice but to take the car to go to work (…) This will be targeted support . It will depend on fuel prices. Was this article helpful to you? Note that you can follow Actu in the My Actu space. In one click, after registration, you will find all the news of your favorite cities and brands.