PARIS (Reuters) – France’s CFDT trade union said on Monday that it is keeping all options open for protests at Exxon Mobil sites in France over the future reorganisation of the company’s Port Jerome facilities.
CFDT would be joining the hardline CGT union that has been on strike at the Port Jerome site for 125 days after Exxon Mobil Chemical France said it would shut down the steam cracker and close chemical production at the refinery this year, resulting in 677 job losses from 2025.
Exxon Mobil was not immediately available for comment.
The site has lost more than 500 million euros ($555.80 million) since 2018 and remains uncompetitive, the company previously said.
A CGT representative said that management at the site will need to make an announcement on the job plans this afternoon.
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(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Forrest Crellin; Editing by David Goodman and Louise Heavens)
