Published 2 years ago

French government orders workers to ensure fuel supplies

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French fuel refinery workers vote to continue their stoppages and blockades. Industrial action to demand pay rises has paralysed six out of seven fuel refineries in France. Government threatens to use emergency powers enabling them to order essential workers back to the job. CGT union that is leading the stoppages says requisitioning would be "not necessary and illegal"

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The Independent

France orders striking oil workers back-to-work as fuel shortages grow

Union threatens legal challenge after state steps in to end fuel shortages

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

France orders fuel depot strikers back to work in union showdown

France on Wednesday ordered some staff at an Exxon Mobil fuel depot back to work and warned a TotalEnergies' depot could be next, risking a wider conflict with trade unions as it battles to secure petrol supplies after weeks of strikes.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

France orders gas station workers back to ensure supplies

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron promised the situation in the country's gas stations will soon be back to “normal” as the government started requisitioning some workers at ExxonMobil’s

2 years ago·United States

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abc News

French government orders workers to ensure fuel supplies

The French government has moved to requisition workers operating petrol depots of ExxonMobil’s French branch Esso in an attempt to ensure that service stations around the country are supplied with badly needed fuel amid an ongoing strike

2 years ago·United States

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

France starts forced return to work at fuel depot in showdown with union

PARIS (Reuters) -The French government on Wednesday started ordering staff at an Exxon Mobil fuel depot back to work, striving to secure petrol supplies following weeks-long strikes but risking a wider conflict with trade unions. Read full story

2 years ago·Malaysia

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Irish Independent

French government orders workers to ensure fuel supplies

The French government has started the process of requisitioning workers at Esso petrol depots in an attempt to ensure that service stations around the country are supplied with fuel amid an ongoing strike, saying shortages are becoming “unbearable”.

2 years ago·Ireland

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