The Latest Breaking News from TotalEnergies

CGT union votes to continue strike at TotalEnergies' French refineries

The CGT union at the centre of a weeks-long strike at French oil major TotalEnergies voted on Saturday to continue the walkout, CGT union representative Fabien Cros said.

Reuters · Oct 15, 2022

French strike fever spreads as Macron's opponents push for confrontation

French railway workers and civil servants will next week join oil refinery staff with work stoppages, raising fears that anger over the rising cost of living could lead to a winter of discontent.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 14, 2022

War in Ukraine: NGOs file complaint against TotalEnergies

A French and a Ukrainian nongovernmental organization have filed a complaint for alleged “complicity in war crimes” against TotalEnergies

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022

Two French unions sign agreement with TotalEnergies, but CGT continues strike

TotalEnergies on Friday said the company had signed a salary agreement with two French unions. With the hardline CGT union walking out of negotiations, however, France continued to face fuel shortages ahead of a general public sector strike next week.

France 24 · Oct 14, 2022

CGT union shuns TotalEnergies talks as French petrol crisis drags on

The CGT union at the core of a weeks-long strike at oil major TotalEnergies slammed the door to talks on Friday, leaving more moderate unions to reach a wage deal as industrial action continues to leave French petrol stations short of fuel.

Reuters · Oct 14, 2022

French ministers urge oil giant to raise wages as strikes continue

One in three petrol stations struggling for fuel as striking workers call for share of oil companies’ high profits

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2022

Police order striking French petrol staff back to work

Workers at an oil refinery in northern France have agreed to go back to work after weeks of striking as the government ordered more staff back to work at other sites, saying petrol shortages are taking too big a toll on the economy.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 13, 2022

French trade union calls for strikes to be extended across energy sector

Six of France’s seven oil refineries have shut their doors over the past three weeks

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022

French strikes spread as government orders fuel depot staff back to work

French railway workers and civil servants voted on Thursday to join striking oil refinery staff with a walkout next week after the French government resorted to emergency powers to compel some fuel depot workers to return to their jobs in a bid to ease petrol shortages.

France 24 · Oct 13, 2022

French union threatens legal action over requisitioned oil depot strikers

A legal battle over the right to strike is looming in France after a top union boss said he would go to the courts to stop the government from forcing oil refinery employees back to work.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 13, 2022