France told TotalEnergies to raise wages as the oil firm's more than two-week standoff with striking workers dragged on
on Thursday offered further talks with trade unions to break the deadlock over strikes in refineries and fuel depots that are now in their third week and have sapped the country's petrol supplies.
The industrial action has reduced France's refinery capacity by more than 60% and left one in three fuel stations struggling for fuel., where walkouts are delaying maintenance and fuel reloading at a time when the French utility is already struggling to get enough reactors back online for winter amid the wider European energy crisis.
The government is wary of the strikes morphing into broader social unrest. Underlying the risk, the hard-left CGT union called for a rail strike next week and street protests are planned for Sunday.French policemen stand guard in front of giant TotalEnergies gasoline tanks of the former oil refinery in Mardyck near Dunkerque, France, October 13, 2022. REUTERS/Pascal RossignolTotalEnergies said it had invited unions to talks at 8 p.m. after initial discussions on Wednesday failed.
The government has instructed police to issue orders for a small number of refinery and depot strikers to return to work, including at a fuel storage site in the northern port town of Dunkirk. A Reuters photographer later saw a small convoy of fuel trucks leaving.
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