Lionel Gougelot, edited by Romain Rouillard 4:17 p.m., October 14, 2022

Since the launch of the procedure by the government on Tuesday, a handful of striking employees in the refineries have been requisitioned to return to work.

Europe 1 collected the testimony of one of these employees, directly summoned by the police to his home, in the presence of his children.

At TotalEnergies and Esso-ExxonMobil, a handful of striking employees have been requisitioned to resume their activity, under the procedure launched on Tuesday by the government.

In total, they are ten to have returned to refineries and fuel depots. 

Concretely, the employees receive directly at their home, and in person, a letter of requisition.

It can be delivered by a bailiff but in most cases, it is the police who take care of it.

A procedure that is sometimes difficult for the employees concerned. 

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Europe 1 collected the testimony of Alexandre who saw the gendarmes show up at his doorstep on Thursday around 6 p.m.

Summoned this Friday between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m., he recounts how the scene greatly disturbed his children.

"They had nightmares, we had to calm them down, reassure them. It was very, very complicated. And again, this very morning at school, we had a return from the teacher and it was not great “, he says. 

"I am displayed" 

An episode that he considers "quite violent" despite the "courtesy" of the gendarmes.

"My children weren't prepared for this, it disturbed them. A lot of things can happen in a child's head. They have a lot of imagination so it was complicated especially for the last one who is 6 year". 

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For Alexandre, another way of proceeding could have been preferred.

"They could have made me come to the gendarmerie or make an appointment other than at my home. Because even if my children are the most important, there is also the neighborhood. I am in a housing estate so I'm posted and maybe I don't want everyone to know that I work at Total". 

Alexandre also mentions "figures on (his) salary" which would have been disclosed.

"In these conditions, it's mediocre," he concludes.