Baptiste Morin, edited by Laura Laplaud 07:55, October 11, 2022

This Tuesday morning, nearly a third of the service stations in France are either completely dry, or lack at least one fuel.

Despite pressure from the government, discussions between the CGT and TotalEnergies have stalled.

The strike is renewed this Tuesday and extends to about fifteen service stations of the Argedis subsidiary.

A real mess.

This Tuesday, the strike of TotalEnergies refiners continues to the great despair of motorists.

Despite pressure from the government, negotiations between the refineries and the strikers have stalled.

We can even say that it is a real dialogue of the deaf between the CGT and TotalEnergies.

The movement is renewed until today and even extends since about fifteen service stations of the Argedis subsidiary will be closed from this Tuesday morning.

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Total's proposal refused by the CGT

The CGT is still asking for a 10% increase in wages for 2022. TotalEnergies has indeed sought a way out of the crisis by promising to bring forward the wage negotiations scheduled for November to October, provided that the movement stops.

A proposal refused, as explained by Eric Salini, the union coordinator of the CGT.

"The employees did not go on strike for promises. When Total says 'we could possibly move forward in October if you stop the strike', that is not enough. Total would have been better inspired by saying 'we are calling the union organizations, such day, such time and we will talk about such and such a subject. And it could very well have been as early as Monday morning, 8 am, "he says.

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The union also regrets the release of strategic stocks by the State and the import of fuel by TotalEnergies to try to compensate.

For its part, the CGT accuses TotalEnergies of playing for time.

The government asks the prefects to take measures to prevent the constitution of useless stocks, that is to say to prohibit the filling of jerrycans in service stations throughout France.