The energy branch of the French union CGT will stop work for 48 hours on January 26, then stop work for 72 hours on February 6. This writes Bloomberg. The further strikes are added to the one previously announced on January 31st.
Last week, strikes have already resulted in the disruption of fuel supplies to three TotalEnergies SE oil refineries. Last Thursday, over a million strikers, joined by the unions, also took to the streets to protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform proposal, which would raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.
The beginning
However, according to the CGT union, these strikes are just the beginning. CGT would not rule out taking other actions with striking staff, such as offering free energy, sabotaging energy facilities or other measures that disrupt operations at LNG terminals and storage sites.
The CGT’s oil subsidiary announced earlier on January 11 that “subsequent strikes would become increasingly difficult”.
Source: BNR
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