However, the move risks making the crisis worse, amid fears it could inspire other sectors to join the strike in solidarity with the striking fuel workers.Īs of midday, out of more than 11,100 gas stations in France, 2,093 were completely out of fuel and 1,101 had run out of one type of fuel, the British Automobile Association reported Wednesday afternoon. The government said that the recall of essential fuel workers at the blockaded Port Jerome refinery at Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon, in Normandy, would begin Wednesday. The deadlock has grown so tense that the French government stepped in Wednesday, enacting emergency powers in a bid to order workers back to their jobs. Americans heading to France this week are being urged to think twice before renting a car … because the country is running out of gas.įor the past two weeks, French trade union General Confederation of Labour has been locked in a bitter standoff with fuel giants TotalEnergies and Esso-ExxonMobil in a dispute over pay for its members.ĭozens of workers at several oil refineries owned by the multinationals walked out, blockaded several refineries and stymied gasoline supplies as a result, more than a quarter of gas stations are now out of at least one type of fuel and 19% are completely dry.
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