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STRIKES & PROTEST WORLDWIDE * USA - Truckers protest Port of Long Beach lease-to-own plan
The program offers financing for truckers to buy new, cleaner models at a third the normal price. Opponents say the added debt could sink independent haulers already struggling with high fuel prices
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The Los Angeles Times, by Louis Sahagun -August 23, 2008: -- Port of Long Beach officials came under boisterous criticism Friday from about 60 truckers at the grand opening of a Clean Trucks Center where big-riggers can apply for financial assistance to replace their diesel vehicles with new, cleaner models... A crowd of protesters assembled about 20 yards from a stage where Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster praised the Terminal Island center as a "first step toward a much cleaner Long Beach of the future"... The demonstrators verbally attacked his port's lease-to-own program, which they said could put truckers deep into debt... As officials sat impassively in white folding chairs, a dozen Long Beach Harbor Patrol officers barred the demonstrators from approaching the stage with placards that said "I want to drive a clean truck, not buy one!" Some drivers shouted, "Clean trucks, yes! Bankruptcy, no!"... (Photo)* Pakistan - Truckers' strike cripples business at Pakistan port
Karachi,Pakistan -Reuters -Aug 23, 2008: -- Truck drivers have gone on strike over high fuel costs at Pakistan's main port, virtually freezing business, traders said on Saturday... Traders estimate millions of dollars worth of perishable goods have been stranded by the strike... Protesting drivers have put up picket lines on roads around the port and are not letting trucks through, traders said... Drivers' associations demand the government bring down the price of diesel... (Picture)Labels: strikes and protests
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