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TRUCKING INDUSTRY * WORLDWIDE
* Italy - Strike by truck drivers hits third dayRome,Italy -Bloomberg News/The Detroit News -12 Dec 2007: -- Italy's truck drivers defied a government order and continued to strike Wednesday, blocking highways and borders in a protest that idled factories, left gasoline pumps dry and grocery shelves bare... The Transport Ministry had ordered the drivers back to work by midnight Tuesday -- but the truckers, on the third of a five-day walkout protesting high gasoline prices, long working hours and foreign competition, showed no sign of heeding it... (Photo by AFP: Truck drivers talk as their vehicles are parked on the motorway blocking Rome's north toll-gate)
* Italy truck strike ends -- for now
Rome,Italy -CNN (USA) -December 12, 2007: -- A strike by Italian truck drivers that has caused shortages of food, fuel and medicine across the country has ended -- at least for now... A spokesman for Italy's government told, the strike was called off after a Wednesday meeting between government and labor leaders in which the government made an offer to settle truckers' grievances... Representatives for labor unions represented in the strike, however, said the strike has merely been suspended... They said union leaders wanted to talk to members before accepting what was described as a "take it or leave it" offer from the government... (Striking truckers Wednesday blocked the A1 highway north of Rome)Labels: trucking industry news
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