Total: closure of the refinery delayed
Calling Christian Estrosi, Minister of Industry, has been heard. The management of Total committed, in a statement to guarantee employment to every employee, regardless of the decision about the future of the Dunkirk refinery.
The Minister of Industry said that Monday morning that the government "will not accept" the closure of the Total refinery at Dunkirk "until there are no guarantees necessary for the sustainability" of 800 jobs concerned, "he said Monday on radio BFM.
"Total must invest in employment" (CFDT)
The secretary general of the CFDT (French Democratic Confederation of Labor), Fran?ois Ch?r?que must also be reassured that he claimed in the wake of Christian Estrosi, that: "Total has a lot of money, so total should invest in employment."He said Total "must go beyond" its legal obligations: "He has to justify the closure, but it must ensure that all the jobs lost are converted to another activity Total, not to mention sub-contractors' cash advance payday loan .
According to La Tribune, the continuation of the refining process would require 60 and 120 million euro investment.
In March 2009 already, the oil company had attracted the ire of politicians, after announcing the abolition of 555 posts in France, including 249 by 2013 in the refinery.A few weeks earlier, had issued a total record profit for 2008 of 13.9 billion euros.
Total release February 11 its profits in 2009, expected around 8 billion euros.
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