Trucks World News: Strike - Spain - Fuel protest strike takes out 60% of Spanish trucks

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Oct 19, 2005

Strike - Spain - Fuel protest strike takes out 60% of Spanish trucks

Madrid,Spain -Euronews.net (France) -18 Oct 2005: -- More than half of Spain's lorry drivers have gone on an indefinite strike. They are protesting over high fuel costs and taxes they say make it difficult for them to earn a living... The strike came amid the failure of talks between representatives of the Spanish Goods Transport Confederation and various ministries to try to resolve the situation... The Confederation includes 34,000 companies with 150,000 vehicles, but the second largest hauliers association did not join the strike. The truck drivers' anger centres on petrol prices which are up by 27% this year and the cost of diesel fuel which has increased by 22%... The companies want cuts in social security contributions, a freeze on national fuel taxes and an end to another regional tax they have to pay which is used to finance healthcare...

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