{"id":63774,"date":"2022-10-12T10:45:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T15:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63774"},"modified":"2022-10-12T10:45:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T15:45:17","slug":"french-gas-rationing-begins-as-refinery-strikes-worsen-after-government-calls-back-essential-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63774","title":{"rendered":"French Gas Rationing Begins As Refinery Strikes Worsen After Government Calls Back Essential Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"ArticleFull_header__Eyn7V\">\n<h3 class=\"ArticleFull_title__MEgbb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/commodities\/french-gas-rationing-begins-refinery-strikes-worsen-after-government-calls-back\">French Gas Rationing Begins As Refinery Strikes Worsen After Government Calls Back Essential Workers<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"NodeContent_mainContent__t4rGu\">\n<div class=\"NodeContent_body__6iJOI NodeBody_container__hI8PI\">\n<p>France said on Tuesday that it would &#8220;requisition&#8221; (i.e. force) essential workers to staff Exxon\u2019s French oil depot, and threatened to do the same for Total\u2019s French refineries if talks failed to progress. But workers at Total\u2019s Donges refinery decided on Tuesday to strike beginning on Wednesday, the militant French union CGT said\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/french-government-ready-intervene-lift-refineries-blockade-ministers-2022-10-11\/\">according to Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1579833877304336384&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fcommodities%2Ffrench-gas-rationing-begins-refinery-strikes-worsen-after-government-calls-back&amp;partner=tweetdeck&amp;sessionId=28f62db22c6347d2d0107dfb55af2dcf089704d5&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1c23387b1f70c%3A1664388199485&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1579833877304336384\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\" data-twitter-extracted-i1665589440271239976=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\" xml:lang=\"fr\">Le gouvernement d\u00e9cr\u00e8te la\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/r%C3%A9quisition?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#r\u00e9quisition<\/a>\u00a0dans les\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/raffinerie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#raffinerie<\/a>\u00a0bafouant ainsi un droit constitutionnel des travailleurs en lutte, nous appelons au\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SoutienRaffineurs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SoutienRaffineurs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 cgt exxonmobil (@cgtexxonmobil)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cgtexxonmobil\/status\/1579833877304336384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/Latest-Energy-News\/World-News\/French-Refinery-Strikes-Worsen-As-France-Moves-To-Call-Back-Essential-Workers.html\">OilPrice notes<\/a>, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Tuesday that the government would start the callback process for ExxonMobil\u2019s staff at its oil depots in the country after talks between the oil company and two unions, CGT and FO, stalled. 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