
Between the fuel crisis and social anger, the mobilization could extend to public transport.
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Rising prices at the pump and current social tensions are fueling calls for demonstrations. October 17 marks the start of the All Saints' Day holidays.
Between the fuel crisis, the anger of high school students and the mobilization of firefighters' unions, the movements of discontent are multiplying, as are the tense face-to-face confrontations with the police, the images of which have punctuated the news at the beginning of autumn.
On social networks, many publications, very noted, call for a great convergence of movements on October 17. This date was originally chosen by a handful of groups calling themselves “yellow vests”, while prices at the pump were close to record levels, against a backdrop of war in the Middle East.
While the weekend of October 17 and 18 coincides with the start of the All Saints' Day holidays across the country, could the protest fever spread to public transport?

The CGT is calling for a strike this Thursday at TotalEnergies in the refineries and service stations of the Argedis subsidiary for employment and wages.
The CGT is calling for a 24-hour strike on all TotalEnergies sites on Thursday for employment and wages, despite the announcement of an advance of 1,000 euros on the annual bonus by management. The union is demanding new hires, the transformation of fixed-term contracts into permanent contracts and an increase of 200 euros for everyone, as well as a minimum base salary of 1.2 SMIC.

The Minister of Labor Jean-Pierre Farandou is considering a fundamental reform of general reductions on low wages, considered too costly and creating a trap for the minimum wage, while calling for savings of a billion euros on work stoppages and an annual negotiation of the revaluation of pensions after 2027.

Employees of the nine regional newspapers of the Ebra group, owned by Crédit Mutuel, are called to strike on Friday against a plan to cut jobs of up to 400 jobs and the increased use of artificial intelligence in editorial production, while the group is suffering an erosion of its revenues and an operational loss exceeding 10 million euros in 2025.

SNCF controllers in Normandy begin a strike on October 9 and 10, 2026 following the stabbing of an agent on the Paris-Rouen line. The unions are demanding increased staff numbers and securing trains.

The energy unions (CGT, CFE-CGC, CFDT, FO) are suspending their call to toughen up the movement against the reform of the “agent tariff” after having obtained written guarantees from the government.