About a hundred Dutch people stranded
The French (and Dutch who drive through France) can again cautiously hope for more gas stations where you can actually refuel. An agreement has been reached between the unions and TotalEnergies.
In recent weeks, many French gas stations have been struggling with a shortage or even a total lack of fuel. Annoying for the French of course, but according to the ANWB, about a hundred Dutch people were also stranded in France due to the fuel shortage. The misery will probably soon be over, because two French unions have reached a provisional agreement with oil and gas group TotalEnergies on a wage increase. The unions represent more than half of the staff who have been on strike for three weeks at refineries and oil depots. Due to the strikes, a large part of the gas stations in the country are without fuel. These are the trade unions CFDT and CFE-CGC. They represent more than half of the strikers. Green light from those two unions could possibly mean an end to the problems in France. The unions agreed to a wage increase of 7 percent for next year, plus an end-of-year bonus of several thousand euros. The provisional agreement reached by the unions will be presented to members on Friday afternoon. The cold is not yet completely out of the air, because trade union federation CGT, the driver of the strikes, just walked away from the negotiations on Thursday. He is aiming for a 10 percent pay rise. The personnel affiliated with CGT are continuing the strikes.
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