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STRIKES & PROTESTS WORLDWIDE * France - Truckers protest fuel price
Fishing strikes falter as French farmers
Paris,France -AFP -2 June 2008: -- Splits emerged in Europe's fuel-price fishing strikes Monday, with some Spanish trawlers returning to work and most French fishing ports operating normally after a three-week stoppage... Dozens of French riot police fired tear gas at the farmers attempting to blockade the Total depot in Frontignan, who were seen hurling bolts and empty bottles at police lines... That disturbance was cleared by late morning, although 50 trucks and around 100 taxis cut off another Total refinery outside the Mediterranean port city of Marseilles... Other protests by slow-driving truckers took place near Nice, Lille, Cherbourg, Rennes, Brest, Lyon and Strasbourg... The secretary general of the French truck owners' federation FNTR, Jean-Paul Deneuville, said he expected an answer "by the end of the week" from the government on its suggestions for helping truckers, after a meeting with France's transport minister Dominique Bussereau on Monday... The French government last week announced 100 million euros in immediate aid... Strikes and protests by truck drivers have also taken place across Europe, from England to Bulgaria... (Photo: A banner reading "Road Transport in Strike" is displayed on the 600-liter fuel cell of a truck parked in Caen)* UK - Truckers demand cheaper fuel (See Video)
London,UK -Times Online -May 27, 2008: -- Hundreds of lorries were parked up on one of the busiest roads into Central London today as drivers took part in a rally against rising fuel prices... The hauliers came to a halt on a specially closed section of the A40 in the west of the city. Sounding their horns and carrying placards, the truck drivers called for the Government to cut tax on diesel in a bid to ease the impact of spiralling global oil prices... Shortly before 2pm a delegation arrived at Downing Street, where they handed over a letter calling for a tax rebate for “essential users” in the haulage industry... The letter said: "We are not faceless multinational companies. We are small and medium family companies built up over generations with hard work and determination. This situation is a crisis. Our colleagues are being driven to despair and bankruptcy on a daily basis"...
* UK - Hauliers forgo fuel protest because itcots too much
Derbyshire,UK -The Telegraph, by CLAIRE DUFFIN -27 May 2008: -- Derbyshire hauliers have said they cannot afford to attend today's fuel protest - because of the high cost of diesel... Hundreds of lorry drivers will converge in London today in protest at soaring fuel prices, which have resulted in the average cost of diesel passing the 120p-a-litre mark... But firms in Derbyshire said making the trip to the capital would be too costly...
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