TotalEnergies said strike action had interrupted shipments at several production sites in France, as the euro zone's second-biggest economy continues to face widespread protests over government plans to increase the retirement age.
said strike action had interrupted shipments at several production sites in France, as the euro zone's second-biggest economy continues to face widespread protests over government plans to increase the retirement age.
The company said on Thursday shipments were blocked at La Mede, Donges, Normandy and Dunkirk, but added it continued to make sure petrol stations were supplied. It added its refinery site at Feyzin was not affected. A CGT union representative for TotalEnergies said strike participation across French sites was around 60%.One union representative for ExxonMobil said there was "nothing spectacular planned at our sites, no well-organized blockages nor pickets ... Oil workers refuse this reform but don't want to be on the front line."
In electricity, about 100 megawatts of power supply was reduced by the strike at the Belleville 1 nuclear reactor, operator EDFMany workers in France have started strike protests this month to demonstrate against plans by President Emmanuel Macron's government to reform the country's pension system, which would see the retirement age pushed up by two years to 64.
Reporting by Tassilo Hummel, Benjamin Mallet and America Hernandez; additional reporting by Forrest Crellin; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Mark Potter
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