• On Facebook, a particularly viral post urges the French to "prepare [their] races in advance", because a general strike of truckers and blockades would be scheduled for August 15.

  • In a video, a man posing as a truck driver talks about the motives of the movement.

    Emmanuel Macron “does not want to let us into the stores since we are not vaccinated, well we do not deliver them, your stores!

    », He explains.

  • "We are not calling for a strike on August 15," refutes Christophe Denizot, secretary general of the Sud Solidaires federation of road transport.

    It was initiated by drivers with no connection to the unions.

    "

A very viral social media post warns of a general truck strike on August 15.

Seen over thousands of times on Facebook over the past few days, the post advises to "prepare [your] groceries in advance" as stores would no longer be delivered and that "could take a while."

Several Facebook pages of "yellow vests" also broadcast a video of a man driving his truck.

“We truckers,” he said, “from August 15, a general strike!

"And to continue:" Macron does not want to let us enter the stores since we are not vaccinated, well we do not deliver them, your stores!

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, the National Federation of Road Transport (FNTR) refutes any large-scale movement: “There is no call to strike from the trade unions, but there are indeed calls a little scattered. "Christophe Denizot, general secretary of the Sud Solidaires road transport federation, confirms this:" We are not calling a strike on August 15. I haven't seen it from my CGT and FO colleagues either. This was initiated by drivers with no connection to the unions. These are individual facts, not collective. "

He also believes that this action is not wise: “People need vacations.

Choose actions that penalize the government, not the people, like making tolls free.

Blocking France on August 15 gives a very bad image of truck drivers.

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Pass is not required to transport and deliver

Finally, truck drivers are not professionally concerned by the health pass for transport and delivery.

“It is not in the bill, underlines the FNTR.

There is no compulsory vaccination, no health pass for truck drivers, city deliverers, or […] at loading and unloading sites.

»Road restaurants are also exempt from the pass, as are collective catering.

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