More strikes hit northern French terminals from early this morning. Workers in the oil sector belonging to the CGT and FO unions voted yesterday to begin a strike at Exxon Mobil’s 240,000 barrels-per-day Port Jerome refinery. Workers at a port terminal in Le Havre, which handles large volumes of imported petroleum products, also voted to strike.
The Port Jerome workers will join the rolling nationwide protest that began in March, looking to get the government to withdraw unpopular labour market reforms.
