Strikes at French oil refineries and storage sites to continue - union officials (updated)

North Atlantic Energies SA

10/10/2022 07:06

(Adds news from Esso France)
       PARIS, Oct 10 (Reuters) - The strikes that have hit
French oil refineries and storage sites will continue on Monday,
CGT trade union representatives at TotalEnergies  TTEF.PA  and
ExxonMobil's  XOM.N  Esso France told Reuters on Monday.
        The strikes have added to pressure on President Emmanuel
Macron's government, which is already facing discontent among
the public over inflation and higher household bills. 
  
    "It will be continued across the board," said a CGT official
at TotalEnergies, a day after the French company had offered to
bring forward wage talks in an effort to end the labour dispute
which has been dragging on for around two weeks. 
        The union said it needed to internally discuss
TotalEnergies' offer to start wage talks earlier than initially
planned.     
    Another CGT official said the walkouts would also continue
at two Esso France refineries ahead of talks with management
scheduled for later in the day. 
        "We still haven't got any confirmation that this meeting
will be held," the union official said. 
  
        A spokeswoman for Esso France told Reuters the meeting
will be held at the end of Monday morning and is set to include
representatives from all four unions engaged at the company. 
  
        Almost a third of France's petrol stations had problems
getting deliveries of at least one fuel product on Sunday, up
from 21% the day, before according to the government. 
  
 (Reporting by Tassilo Hummel;
Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)
 ((sudip.kargupta@thomsonreuters.com;))