Union votes to continue refinery strike as police deployed to prevent fuel depot blockades Trade unionists have voted to continue striking at the Petroineos de lavera refinery in the South of France. CGT Ineos general secretary Sébastien Varagnol said it was an "historic moment". It comes as French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe deployed police at refineries and fuel depots to prevent planned union blockades amid the country's longest transport strike in decades. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES