While the CGT unions in the oil branch called for several strikes on January 19 and 26 as well as on February 6 with "
if necessary, the shutdown of refining facilities
" in the face of the pension reform, the Minister of Energy Transition wanted to be reassuring about the availability of fuels.
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“
I want to reassure motorists.
The stocks exist, they have been replenished since the fall movement
, ”said Agnès Pannier-Runacher on France Info on Friday.
Indeed, a vast mobilization of almost a month, initiated by the CGT on September 27, with the shutdown of refineries and the blocking of deposits, had caused significant difficulties in fuel supply throughout France.
“Not a continuous strike”
A social movement that the minister wishes to distinguish from the one that is about to start.
“
This time, we are not on a continuous strike
,” continued the Minister for Energy Transition.
After the presentation by the government of its pension reform project on Tuesday, the eight main unions (CFDT, CGT, FO, CFE-CGC, CFTC, Unsa, Solidaires, FSU), effectively called, in an unprecedented unity of action for 12 years, to a day of strikes and demonstrations on January 19.
They hope that it “
gives the start of a powerful mobilization on long-term pensions
”.
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The movement must begin with a first work stoppage of 24 hours on January 19, the day of the national interprofessional mobilization.
For January 26, the CGT calls for a 48-hour strike, then 72 hours on February 6.
The call will lead to “
decreases in flow
” and “
stopping of shipments
”, specified Eric Sellini, national coordinator of the union for TotalEnergies.
On February 6, a "
renewable strike with, if necessary, the shutdown of refining facilities
" will be "
proposed to employees
", indicates the CGT.
For its part, the gas branch of the CGT is also ready to join the movement.
“
I have already rented the barnums, enough to be able to hold out for several days in a row, in the cold but in the dry, with tables, chairs, barbecues and everything you need to be able to accommodate a few people
” , said Frédéric Ben, head of the gas sector at FNME-CGT.
“
We cannot say that in one day, the 19th, the government will backtrack and withdraw its project, so inevitably behind it, there will be other actions
”, he added, foreseeing blockages at gas storage sites.
