Towards a broadening of the social movement affecting refineries and fuel depots?
This Thursday, the boss of the CGT, Philippe Martinez, indicated that his organization was going to work on a “
generalization
” of the strike, starting next week.
“
We are going to take the decision today on an appeal […].
We are going to propose that, from next week, there is a new call for strikes and demonstrations in all companies, public and private
,” he explained.
This decision will be taken "
collectively
", said Philippe Martinez, adding that "
Tuesday [October 18] is on the table
".
It would allow the CGT to unite with the unions of professional high schools, "
who are already calling for a strike on Tuesday
".
LIVE - Energy crisis: the CGT energy federation calls for "the widening of the strike"
The evening before, on the site of the Esso-ExxonMobil refinery in Port-Jérôme, Philippe Martinez had already called
on “employees from other professions
” to go on strike or to amplify the mobilizations already underway.
If he did not use the expression "
general strike
" Thursday morning, the boss of the Montreuil power plant stressed that social movements in favor of a wage increase were already underway in several companies, such as Safran or in the food industry.
Towards a mobilization a few days after the "march against the high cost of living" of the Nupes
The next few days promise to be decisive for the social movement.
The CGT energy federation, the FNME-CGT, also called for "
the widening of the strike
" in all companies in its sector.
In a press release, the organization specifies that it intends to "
coordinate the national interprofessional strike at the call of the CGT, on Tuesday, October 18
".
Confirming, in this, the holding of a mobilization at the beginning of next week.
The opportunity for the elected left to increase the pressure on the executive.
A new day of mobilization, Tuesday, would go in the same direction.
For his part, Bruno Le Maire repeated that the situation in service stations should improve as of next week: “
The real question is what does the CGT want?
[...] The general blockage, or negotiations in good faith?
“, pretended to wonder the Minister of Economy and Finance, on RTL.
