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French union calls all-out strike at TotalEnergies

  • Mercados: Crude oil, Natural gas, Oil products, Petrochemicals
  • 09/06/22

France's CGT trade union is calling for a 24-hour strike at all of TotalEnergies' sites in the county later this month to protest against the amount of cash being returned to the company's shareholders.

The union has called for the walkout on 24 June. TotalEnergies' profits are "insanely high and workers are forgotten", said CGT official Thierry Defresne. The company should implement "an immediate wage increase that responds to the unprecedented inflation", he said.

As well as TotalEnergies' refineries and fuel depots, the strike is being aimed at a number of the company's French subsidiaries, including retail service station unit Argedis, battery maker Saft, and polymer, plastics and rubber manufacturer Hutchinson.

The CGT said it has never previously called a strike across the company's subsidiary units in France. TotalEnergies has yet to reply to a request for comment.

The firm's adjusted profit — which excludes inventory valuation effects and one-off items — trebled on the year to $9bn in the first quarter, boosted by the steep rise in oil prices since Russia invaded Ukraine. The company paid out $2bn in dividends and repurchased $1bn of its own shares during the period.


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