Manuel Valls on BFM TV, May 26, 2016 – BFM TV / Capture screen

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    A new day of mobilization against the labor law is scheduled for Thursday

     


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    France began to dip into its strategic reserves

     


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    Six of the eight refineries in the country were affected Wednesday

     


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1:23 p.m.: 8,000 demonstrators in Rennes according to the unions, ensures our journalist


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13h: Judgment of the strike at the ExxonMobil refinery in Port-Jérôme, near Le Havre

the strike which was launched Tuesday at the ExxonMobil refinery in Port-Jérôme (former Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon) near Le Havre (Seine-Maritime) has ceased, does said Thursday with management and the CGT. “We can say that the strike is over, there has been no general meeting at the clock in this morning,” said Didier Lutsen, spokesman for the direction of the second French refinery. From the beginning, the social movement has struggled to grow in the refinery where the CGT minority. Force Ouvrière, which had also called for the strike, withdrew the motion on Wednesday afternoon.


12:55: Trade unionist killed in Cherbourg, another seriously injured

a syndicalist CGT, left Front mayor of a small town in the English Channel, was killed Thursday at Cherbourg and another was seriously injured in a road accident in front of a closed site to strike, according to a police official. According to the first elements of the investigation, the two men were on a motorcycle when they were “struck by a car that was turned around to a waste” to strike closed. However, there was no dam or protest outside the site, the source said.




12:40 : One-fifth of French service stations still in trouble

About a fifth of some 11,500 service stations listed in France were still in partial or total disruption of supply Thursday according to the French Union petroleum industries (UFIP), which says, however, have found less influx of motorists to the pumps. “Motorists rushed to fill their tank – consumption was three to five times higher than normal demand. But as they do not consume immediately what fuel the phenomenon is about to settle, “said he said.




12:35: Hollande takes advantage

“it was said,” Manuel Valls, on Article 2, “is that it should have said, “has declared the head of state. In other words, the president also reframes Michel Sapin, his finance minister, who had estimated earlier that “he had perhaps touch to this article,” just reverse the hierarchy in enabling the company negotiate for its employees on less favorable terms than those proposed by the industry and by law.


12:21: Small point … Marseille

… where thousands of protesters are still in front of the shopping center Les Terrasses du Port (2nd), says our reporter on the spot. The Inter chained words taken against the Labour law and police repression.




12:20: filtering Dam up to the Gravelines NPP

the 80 strikers agents of the Gravelines NPP (North), the most powerful in France, lifted by late morning the filter dam near the site. Traffic was restored around 11:30 in front of the plant, the CGT had “lifted the dam as agreed, to prepare for the event this afternoon at Dunkirk,” said Claude Levigne responsible CGT. The dam was installed Thursday morning around 7am


12h18. A “manifestation of democracy” according to the German Minister Schäuble

If Germany advised to fundamentally reform its labor market, “it also would create a stir,” said Thursday the Minister German Wolfgang Schäuble, saying that social movements in France were a “manifestation of democracy.” “France is well able to accommodate this type of conflict,” also felt the veteran Angela Merkel’s government and very francophile, who acted favorably view the Paris projects to liberalize the labor market.


12:12: Valls receive the players in the oil sector Saturday

Prime Minister Manuel Valls “players will receive the oil sector Saturday,” said Matignon, while five refineries are slow or stopped work to protest the law tell of the eight in the country . Matignon did not specify what exactly would the players around the table. The entourage of the Prime Minister had earlier said that his public meeting, scheduled for Saturday in Clermont-Ferrand, was postponed to June 9


12:08: Update on the situation in Marseille

in Marseille, dockers and railway workers of the CGT, opposed to the Labor law, are before the Terrasses du Port, in Joliette (2nd). The mall was closed and police have taken up between the demonstrators and the store entrance. The CGT trade unionists also blocked early this morning Bougainville a sorting center (15th) and occupied one time the site of the tower La Marseillaise (2nd). Protesters of the FO union have also blocked access to the tunnel Saint-Charles Boulevard of Athens (1), causing traffic jams in the city.




12:06: “No power supply problem,” says RTE

the strike voted in all 19 French EDF nuclear power plants did not lead Thursday in electricity supply problem in France, assured a spokesman for RTE, the national high-voltage network. “The production offers available in France via thermal, hydro, photovoltaic and wind in particular, but also because the nuclear power plants are not stopped, is sufficient to cover the electricity needs of the French” a- he said


12:04. Back to normal on the bridges of Normandy and Tancarville

After more than two hours of blocking, the Normandy bridge was released shortly before 8:30 am, the protesters leaving themselves without the intervention of security forces. A Tancarville further upstream, removing roadblocks took place an hour later, according to police. These two large bridges are major traffic arteries for the Normans and interregional traffic east-west. The blockades have caused “large traffic disruptions,” the source


12:02.: blocking two oil depots in Corsica

Corsica joined Thursday the national strike in oil installations against the Labour law, the blockade by the CGT deposits Ajaccio and Bastia fuels. From 8am, the two deposits of the island, Vazzio in Ajaccio and Bastia Lucciana near, are blocked by striking workers and activists of the CGT that prevent tankers to source. Dozens of trucks were waiting along the roads leading to these deposits can fill their tanks.




12 : SOUTH RATP calls indefinite strike from June 10, at the opening of the Euro-2016

SOUTH RATP calls indefinite strike from June 10 opening date for the Euro football for wages, against the Labour law and the questioning of their status. CGT union strength first, announced Monday a similar movement from June 2 to request the reopening of wage negotiations and the withdrawal Labour Bill. SOUTH intends to increase the pressure “due to the obstinacy of the government” on labor reform, said Franck Barrault, central delegate.




11.30: a person injured three others shocked in Vitrolles

We were discussing the possibility of three other people injured in Vitrolles, but there although an “only” hurt a woman, suffering leg and evacuated to hospital. Our reporter Amandine Rancoule explains that “three other people, including a child, who were in a car struck by the truck, were shocked. They are free. ” According to La Provence , the trailer driver was arrested.




11:20: a driver power dam in Vitrolles

Vitrolles, a tractor-trailer driver this morning forced the entrance of the Griffon area where CGT of protesters opposed to the Labour law, have compiled filter dams to distribute leaflets, tells us our reporter Amandine Rancoule.

According to the union, a woman was injured in the leg. She was supported by firefighters and evacuated to a hospital. It would also damage. There may be other people injured including the driver – a source evokes three minor injuries. We keep you informed


11 am. The media owners complain of a requirement “outrageous” the CGT

national dailies officials Thursday denounced a requirement “outrageous” the CGT Book which prevented the release of their Thursday headlines after refusing to publish a tribune . Philippe Martinez, head of the CGT


10:40: in Nantes, it’s always a mess around the airport

as we announced dansnotre post 7:25, Nantes airport is blocked