Employees of the TotalEnergies refinery in Gonfreville-L’Orcher (Seine-Maritime) have ended their strike movement that began on September 27, the CGT and the group’s management said Wednesday.
According to the general secretary of the CGT of the site Alexis Antonioli, the strike was lifted on Monday following an agreement which he did not specify.
A union statement is expected to be issued late Wednesday afternoon or Thursday, he said.
TotalEnergies management confirmed that the strike had been lifted but “firmly denies any local agreement on wages”.
“TotalEnergies recalls that a majority agreement on salaries was signed on October 14 with trade unions (CFDT and CFE-CGC)” and concerns all of the group’s employees, TotalEnergies’ management reacted in a statement sent to AFP. This agreement “will be applied”, she added.
Initially scheduled for Wednesday at 1:00 pm, a general meeting in Gonfreville has been cancelled.
While the movement had been renewed Monday at the time of the shift of 05h00, “a meeting of negotiations allowed to find an agreement”, had at first also specified a source close to the file.
Gonfreville was, along with Feyzin (Rhône), one of the last two Total sites to vote to continue the movement on October 27.
On the site of the Normandy refinery, the restarting of the installations “has begun” but it “will take about fifteen days”, says the source close to the case. “The fuel shipments, from the large stocks available on site, will be able to be restarted quickly”.
The strike by employees at the Gonfreville-L’Orcher refinery began on September 27, called by the CGT TotalEnergies.
The CGT demanded a 10% pay rise.
At the Feyzin fuel depot, the strike continued on Wednesday, according to the CGT.
“No requisitions this morning. The strikers are hoping for the imminent arrival of a mediator of the Republic, this is becoming urgent”, commented the CGT union delegate of Feyzin Pedro Afonso.
Gonfreville refines about 12 million tons of crude oil
