The threat, agitated this Tuesday morning by Olivier Véran, was not long in being carried out: Elisabeth Borne announced the requisition of staff from Esso stations to find a way out of the fuel shortage affecting France. “Social dialogue means moving forward, once a majority has emerged. These are not minimum agreements. Management announcements are significant. Therefore, I asked the prefects to initiate, as permitted by law, the procedure for requisitioning the personnel essential to the operation of the depots of this company”, she announced during questions to the government in the Assembly. national.
A wage agreement was reached on Monday by two trade unions, the majority at the level of the Esso-Exxonmobil group but not of its refineries.