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		<title>Fuel Prices Surge as TotalEnergies Faces Strike Pressure</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2026/04/fuel-prices-france-totalenergies-strike-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fuel prices soar across France as strikes hit TotalEnergies stations. Unions demand lower pump prices]]></description>
		
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		<title>Strike of 2nd December 2025: what to expect in Lot-et-Garonne?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 13:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The CGT, FSU and Solidaires du 47 are mobilizing for the day of actions this]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mobilization of Thursday 2nd October 2: Transport, Health, Education&#8230; Who is Calling for the Strikes?</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2025/09/mobilization-thursday-2nd-october-2-transport-health-education-calling-strikes/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 09:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Disappointed after her meeting with Sébastien Lecornu last week, all the unions have called for]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8220;For the breakup, we will come back&#8221;: the CGT will only see Sébastien Lecornu again after the Mobilization of 2nd October</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2025/09/breakup-come-back-cgt-see-sebastien-lecornu-mobilization-2nd-october/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 07:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sophie Binet, general secretary of the CGT, postpones any discussion with the Prime Minister until]]></description>
		
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		<title>At the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, the Specter of Power Cuts</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/05/at-the-2023-cannes-film-festival-the-specter-of-power-cuts/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2023 18:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PENSION REFORM: The organisers of the Cannes film festival fear actions of the CGT Energy]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pension Reform: It is the &#8220;Pan that Will Prevent Him from Finishing his Five-Year Term&#8221;, Launches Binet on Macron</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/04/pension-reform-pan-prevent-finishing-five-year-term-launches-binet-macron/</link>
					<comments>https://chb44.com/2023/04/pension-reform-pan-prevent-finishing-five-year-term-launches-binet-macron/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2023 15:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[REACTION: Sophie Binet reacted to the statements of the Head of State, who had assured that]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pension Reform: The Gendarmes Evacuate the Oil Port of Donges for a Delivery of Diesel</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/03/pension-reform-gendarmes-evacuate-oil-port-donges-delivery-diesel/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 08:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PROTEST: The oil terminal in Donges had been occupied for a week by unions opposed]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pension Reform: After Rubbish Collectors, Refineries Under Threat of Blockages</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/03/pension-reform-rubbish-collectors-refineries-threat-blockages/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2023 10:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PENSION REFORM PROTESTS: Two refineries could be shut down according to the CGT, which is]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pension Reform: Several Major Ports Blocked this Thursday</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/03/pension-reform-several-major-ports-blocked-thursday/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 14:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PROTESTS: The ports of Nantes and Saint-Nazaire, but also those of Brest, Le Havre and]]></description>
		
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		<title>Strike of 7th March: Two New Days of Mobilisation Announced, the Unions Want to See Macron &#8220;Urgently&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/03/strike-7th-march-two-new-days-mobilisation-announced-unions-want-see-macron-urgently/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 20:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PROTESTS: The Unions asked Tuesday evening to be &#8220;received urgently&#8221; by Emmanuel Macron &#8220;so that he]]></description>
		
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