The CGT plans to lock all of France’s oil refineries in order to put maximum pressure on the government in what is an increasingly tense conflict over the proposed pension reform. A French trade union has called for a ‘total blockade’ of French oil refineries to force the government to abandon its planned pension reform. What impact will it have on drivers? The CGT union has called for a ‘total blockade’ of all of the country’s oil refineries from January 7th to 10th in an attempt to force the French government to scrap its pension reform plan. “Since the government isn’t listening, we need to increase the pressure,” said Thierry Dufresne, CGT’s representative at Total, on Franceinfo on Monday. The blockade will escalate tensions between French unions and the government over the latter’s attempt to overhaul the country’s pension system. Here is what you need to know […]