Électricité de France (EDF)
In France, strike by energy sector workers leaves government reeling
Workers in fuel depots and refineries of oil giants like Total Energy and Esso-ExxonMobil are holding strikes demanding an increase in wages to combat the soaring inflation
Energy sector workers in France protest bifurcation of state-owned electric company EDF
Trade unions claim that the French government’s “Project Hercules” will endanger job security and strip them of their status as electric gas industry workers, which ensures the protection of their social benefits and provides collective guarantees from the employers
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