French govt orders some striking refinery workers back: ministry

French govt orders some striking refinery workers back: ministry
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Wednesday 12 October 2022 - 09:38

The French government announced Wednesday it was ordering some refinery workers back to their posts for the first time in an attempt to break a strike and blocade that has lead to petrol and diesel shortages.

The energy transition ministry said the requisitioning of workers at a Esso-ExxonMobil fuel depot at a refinery at Gravenchon-Port-Jerome in northern France “will begin today”.

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