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STRIKE * Australia - Food supplies to be halted by rogue truck drivers
Truck drivers are planning a nationwide two-week strike that could limit the supply of food and fuel
Sydney,Queensland,Australia -AFN, by Daniel Palmer -July 21, 2008: -- ... Requesting better pay and conditions, the organisers, led by the Australian Long Distance Owners’ and Drivers’ Association, are asking truck drivers to strike for two weeks from July 28... One of the transport company owners, Peter Schuback of Queensland’s Hervey Bay, said that the stoppage would highlight the impact the economy would be subjected to if the industry was to collapse. “On day three of the stoppage shops will run out of food, on day four service stations will run out of petrol, on day five we will run out of [drinkable] water … and on day 10 industry will shut down because there will be no power,” Mr Schuback told the Sydney Morning Herald... Organisers of the strike have been spreading the message to the nations truck drivers via text messages... The leading industry body for the trucking industry, the Australian Trucking Association (ATA), has also distanced themselves from the proposed stoppage in the belief that it will provide no benefit to the industry... While the organisers claim that 80 per cent will strike, the ATA disputes this and suggest that disruptions will not be significant...
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