Oil refineries, power engineers and port workers strike in France – WORLD

Oil refineries, power engineers and port workers strike in FrancePARIS (AA). In France, workers in the oil refineries, energy, ports and dock sectors decided to strike against the government’s pension reform.Workers in oil refineries, power plants, ports and docks are going on strike, calling on the CGT Petrole union to oppose reforms to raise the retirement age to 64, according to French press reports. The strike of employees who plan to stop the shipment of fuel from refineries to warehouses will continue tomorrow. CGT This morning, 100 percent of the workers at the TotalEnergies oil depot in north Flanders, 80 percent of the Normandy refinery and 50 percent of the Mede refinery in the south were on strike. The day is expected to reduce the production of nuclear power plants and dams. There were power outages at wind and solar power plants around the city of Montlucon as of yesterday, undertaken by the CGT union.