French PM to requisition workers as strikes at refineries continue

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French PM to requisition workers as strikes at refineries continue

STORY: French PM to requisition workers as strikes at refineries continue DATELINE: Oct. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:10 LOCATION: LYON, France CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of gas station running out of fuel 2. various of queue in front of a gas station 3. various of vehicles traveling on a highway STORYLINE: French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Tuesday ordered local authorities to requisition workers needed to ensure petrol supply to service stations across the country as France struggles with strikes at oil refineries operated by TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil. "A salary disagreement does not justify blocking the country," Borne told the National Assembly. "To refuse to discuss is to make the French the victims of an absence of dialogue." According to Borne, 30 percent of the country's gas stations have already run out of at least one type of fuel, with the Greater Paris region one of the worst affected. Over the weekend, TotalEnergies and the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) agreed

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