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STRIKES & PROTESTS & BLOCKADES WORLDWIDE
* South Korea - Petchems unfazed by possible truck drivers’ strike
Seoul, S. Korea -ICIS news (Singapore), by Bohan Loh & Chow Bee Lin -4 June 2009: -- South Korea’s petrochemical producers are generally unfazed by the prospects of a possible truck drivers’ strike next week as they believe it will be short-lived, industry sources said on Thursday... The Korean Transportation Industrial Labour Union said on its website that it had called for a general strike on 11 June to demand for higher wages. A similar strike last year had disrupted exports to China forcing some producers to cut operating rates... Last year’s labour strike started on 12 June and ended approximately eight days later after companies agreed to a 13% hike in transportation fee... Kim Jae, investment analyst with brokerage house Woori Investments and Securities, also noted the growing influence of the labour unions especially in the current economic downturn when companies were taking steps to tackle declining sale volumes and rising costs... A Truck drivers’ strike last year caused massive transportation issues, forcing many petrochemical plants in Yeosu to cut production as they faced mounting inventories amid the disruption in transportation... Polyolefin exports to the nation’s largest trade partner, * Thailand - Farmers threaten to besiege Bangkok with farm trucks next week
Bangkok,Thailand -The Nation -3 June 2009: -- The Thai Farmers Association Wednesday threatened to deploy farm trucks or e-tan trucks to besiege major roads linking Bangkok to other regions... Wichian Puanglamchiak, vice president of the association, said the besieging would stage to pressure the government to continue the rice pledging scheme... The government has planned to use price guarantee instead of the pledging scheme... Wichian said representatives of the association's members from 40 provinces will drive their farm trucks to Bangkok... They would block the Asia Highway from the North, the Phaholyothin from the Northeast, Sukhumvit Road and Motorway from the East and Phetkasem Road from the South and West...
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