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TRUCKERS' STRIKE * WORLDWIDE
* USA - Because of Mainstream Media Censorship of Global Protests Against High Costs of Fuel
Ocean Beach,CAL,USA -OB RAG, by Frank Gormlie -June 17, 2008: -- The San Diego Union-Tribune continues its censorship and blackout of news about the global protests against the high costs of fuel. Okay, there was some news, particularly about what’s going on in South Korea. But by and large, the explosive news from Spain, Thailand, France, the Philippines, Portugal is being censored. Because of this local corporate media censorship, we need to do the informing. Here then is the news
* Australia - Trucking companies strangled by workers' national strike action
Warwick,Merivale county,Queensland, Australia -The Warwick Daily News - June 17, 2008: -- Warwick transport operators could grind to a standstill next month due to a nationwide strike proposed by North West Queensland transport driver Mick Pattell... The strike action centres on the Federal Government's fuel excise, fatigue management and the transport reform bill... A Transport Workers Union spokeswoman explained the TWU had no involvement with the action and was yesterday in talks with the Federal Transport Department on the issues of fuel recovery costs for owner drivers, safe rates and conditions... Toowoomba-based TWU representative Tim Burke said, drivers also suffered due to inadequate rest facilities, not enough facilities and a lack of safe facilities to ensure drivers got necessary rest... "Whatever action is taken it must not endanger the existence of owner-drivers and companies. Any action needs effective planning, transport industry people are suffering too much now."... (AP photo file)
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* Finland - Finnish Truckers Plan Go-Slow Protest over High Fuel Costs
Helsinki,Finland -Agence FrancePresse/IndustryWeek(Cleveland,OH,USA) -June 17, 2008 — On the eve of a major holiday when heavy traffic is expected, Finnish truck drivers plan a go-slow protest in the Helsinki region on June 19 to protest against rising fuel costs, a transport association said. Information about the protest has spread in a text message from one driver to another and has not been centrally organized, the Finnish transport and logistics agency SKAL said June 17... Police and transport associations have urged truckers to cancel their plans, citing image and safety reasons... Heavy traffic is expected at the time of the planned protest as many Finns will be travelling to the countryside to celebrate Friday’s mid-summer holiday...
* FRANCE - French Truckers Block Roads
Paris,France -The New Yorl Times (NY,USA), by ALAN COWELL -June 17, 2008: -- French truckers began blocking roads in the latest protest to pressure the government to help them cope with oil prices that have more than doubled in a year. The nationwide day of action announced by the main haulage associations included roadblocks and so-called “snail” operations by convoys of slow-moving trucks and is expected to disrupt traffic severely, especially on highways. “It’s not about punishing transport users, it’s about sending a warning to the government,” said Philippe Fournier, an official of Unostra, an association that mainly represents small haulage firms... Private ambulances clogged streets near the Health Ministry in the capital and outside Paris, and news agencies reported trucks blocking highways leading to the country’s principal ports. In addition, on June 17, a national job action has been called to protest against the government’s plans to reform pensions and weaken the 35-hour working week... (Photo / Reuters: FrenchTruckers demonstrate against rising fuel prices on a motorway near Strasbourg, eastern France)
* BELGIUM - Farmers Take to the Streets In Protest Fuel Prices
Brussels,Belgium -OB RAG -June 17, 2008: -- Farmers from the French-speaking region of Belgium took to the streets today to protest fuel prices and deregulation in the domestic food market. The farmers protesting in Brussels today claimed to be following the example of European truck drivers and fishermen who have led recent actions to call on their governments to control the effects of rising fuel prices. The farmers are also demanding the Belgian government take measures to alleviate the widespread crisis in the countryside. Organizers of today’s demonstrations say they are satisfied with the 5.000 farmers that filled the streets of Brussels with their tractors. Even more farmers are expected to hit the streets of Brussels tomorrow for the nationwide demonstration of the United Agricultural Front...
* Thailand - Truckers Threaten Blockade of Bangkok If Demands Not Met by the 17th
Bangkok,Thailand -Reuters -17 June 2008: -- “If the government doesn’t meet our demands by June 17, we will mobilize our trucks in Bangkok,” Thongyu Khongkan, secretary-general of the Land Transport Federation of Thailand, which has 400,000 trucks under its banner, told... (Photo by Sukree Sukplang/REUTERS - A worker fills up gasoline at a petrol station in Bangkok May 28, 2008)* Uganda - Activists Begin Boycott of Shell
Kampala,Uganda -Ugandan Insomniac, by tumwijuke -17 June 2008: -- A group of activists in Uganda is raising support for a June 17th boycott of Shell fuel stations to protest against the sky rocketting oil prices in the country. Petrol prices in Uganda are speeding towards Ushs. 2,700 per litre and Shell is accused of exploiting international oil price trends by hoarding fuel and leading the industry-wide rise of pump prices...
* India - Protests against fuel prices
New Delhi,India -Reuters -17 June 2008: ...
Activists of the India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party take part in a protest against the hike in fuel prices in New Delhi (Photo 1· by Danish Ismail/REUTERS)
Police stand guard during a protest organized by India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party against the hike in fuel prices in New Delhi June 10, 2008... (Photo 2 · Danish Ismail/REUTERS)* Fuel protests in Hong Kong and India
Hong Kong -Reuters -June 10, 2008: --Bus and truck drivers protest against diesel tax and rising fuel costs in Hong Kong while calls for strikes in India evoke mixed response... In the eastern Indian state of Bihar people in capital Patna seemed as angry about the proposed shutdown as about the higher fuel prices. In small towns and the countryside communist supporters stopped cars and buses by throwing burning tyres on highways. In the neighbouring state of Jharkhand the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called for a shutdown... (See Video)
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