Tag: strike
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Trucker Strike Threat Stokes Brazil Shipper Fears
April 25: Shippers in Brazil are becoming increasingly nervous as truckers in the South American country contemplate another strike over a lack of enforcement of a state-mandated pricing table designed […]
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Maritime Workers Strike in Bangladesh
April 16: Water transport workers started a nationwide indefinite strike early today to press home their 11-point demand, causing huge sufferings to passengers. The workers under the banner of Bangladesh […]
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Hundreds Of Dockworkers Protest Against Driverless Trucks At Port Of LA
April 16: Hundreds of union dockworkers with the Port of Los Angeles turned out for a protest Tuesday morning against the use of automated trucks at one of its terminals. […]
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Fuel Shortages Caused by Strike Disrupting Portugal’s Port Operations
April 16-17: A fuel shortage has arisen in Portugal due to a strike by Portugal’s National Union of Drivers of Hazardous Material (SNMMP). The airports in Faro and Lisbon are […]
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Towing Company 6-Hour Strike Causes Delays in Ports of Amsterdam and Rotterdam
April 10: Dutch crews of towing company Svitzer Euromed went on strike for the second time last week, according to seafarer union Nautilus International. The union explained that the workers […]
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French Truckers’ Strike Fails to Block Port
April 14-16: British trippers and truckers were able to move freely between the UK and France today after a French lorry drivers’ dispute failed to create the chaos that had […]
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Australia: Employees of Hutchison Ports Launch Strike in Sydney, Brisbane
April 08: Unionized dock workers employed by Hutchison Ports in Sydney and Brisbane have gone on a 24-hour strike over a job outsourcing dispute. Trade unions representing the dock workers […]
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UK FCO Updates Advice Warning of Strike in Anglophone Cameroon
April 05: The U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) issued updated travel advice for Cameroon, which reads in part as follows: “Armed separatists have announced an extended general strike in […]
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AMATO Threatens Strike As Nigerian Customs Moves to Auction Seized Trucks
April 03: The Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO) has threatened to order its members to withdraw their services from the port over plans by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) […]
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Limassol Port’s Trailer Truck Drivers Strike
April 04: Trailer truck drivers that transfer containers to and from Limassol port went on a warning strike on Thursday arguing that the port’s operators cause delays in servicing them. […]
