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Oct 28, 2010

STRIKES EUROPE * France - Dockworkers to Strike Oct. 28

Nationwide protest ebbs, but ocean carriers cancel calls, reroute

Paris,France -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Bruce Barnard -Oct 27, 2010: -- French dockworkers will walk off the job for 24 hours Oct. 28 as part of a nationwide protest against pension reform that appears to be losing momentum... Ocean carriers are responding to the third 24-hour dockworkers’ strike this month by cancelling calls at French ports and advising shippers to re-route their French consignments through other ports in northwest Europe and the Mediterranean... A second port strike planned for Nov. 6 is in doubt, however, after the National Assembly voted Wednesday to raise the pension age to 62 from 60, paving the way for President Sarkozy to sign the controversial measure into a law within a couple of weeks... The government is now expected to focus its attention on the strike by dockworkers at Marseille over plans to partially privatize stevedoring at the port’s oil terminals...   Truckers were busy for several days, disrupting traffic on motorways around Paris, Lille, Rennes and Lyon. However, the fuel shortages might disable these activities...    (Photo from sea-seek: Air view, Port of Marseille,France)


* Europe - France isn't the only country with labour issues


Brussels,Belgium -eye for transport (UK) -26 Oct 2010:     -- While the French strikes may inspire shipping lines to call at other EU ports instead:


* A 24-hour strike in Belgium brought Eurostar trains operating between London and Brussels to a halt on Monday.

* A nationwide transportation strike in Italy that was originally planned for September 30th, now takes place today and tomorrow (October 21st and 22nd). Furthermore, Alitalia pilots plan a 24-hour strike on Monday October 25th, and a general transport strike is planned for Friday October 29th.

* In Spain, less than a month after a general strike, air traffic controllers in the Canary Islands planned to strike today despite threats of dismissal, affecting Gran Canaria, Tenerife sur Fuerteventura and La Palma airports.

* In Portugal, a general strike has been announced for November 24th.

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