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Bertille Bayart: "The exorbitant bill for the October strike"

11/8/2022, 7:02:00 PM


CHRONICLE - This is probably one of the costliest strikes in history that has just happened. The strike is a constitutional right. In a context marked by unprecedented inflation for several decades, it is inevitable. At a time when the social movement in energy, radicalized by the CGT sector, is coming to an end, it is time to take stock. The bill for the country is exorbitant. In the first analysis, there are only a few inconveniences left from the refinery strike - hours of waiting at

The strike is a constitutional right.

In a context marked by unprecedented inflation for several decades, it is inevitable.

At a time when the social movement in energy, radicalized by the CGT sector, is coming to an end, it is time to take stock.

The bill for the country is exorbitant.

In the first analysis, there are only a few inconveniences left from the refinery strike - hours of waiting at embolized service stations, and, according to ANSES, a five-fold increase in cases of poisoning due to the siphoning of fuel.

The rise in tension among the French did not translate into fewer points of GDP.

The wage agreement which has allowed the resumption of work almost everywhere - only the Feyzin site is still slightly disrupted - is a burden on companies.

TotalEnergies has promised a 7% increase in the salary package.

It's his problem.

However, this strike is far from painless for the country.

From mid-September to mid-October, the government…

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