Surjeet steps in to end deadlock over truckers&#39; strike
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New Delhi, Aug 28. (PTI):CPM leader Harkishan Singh Surjeet today stepped in to break the impasse on the seven-day-old nationwide strike.
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The crisis caused by the truckersâ strike deepened today after the Delhi Police arrested OP Agarwal, the chairman of the All India Transportersâ Welfare Association (AITWA).
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NEW DELHI: Union finance minister P Chidambaram on Sunday said truck operators and owners, who are on strike protesting the imposition of service tax, have been âwrongly advisedâ and âmisguidedâ by goods transport agents even as the government
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Chairman of the Finnish Metalworkers' Union, Erkki Vuorenmaa (soc dem) pleaded the Finnish Transport Workers' Union (AKT) to end the strike which began Tuesday last week and now affects bus transport in eight ...
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A strike by thousands of Indian truckers protesting a proposed new tax entered its third day, with officials reporting a sharp increase in prices of essential goods in major centres.
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Police Thursday arrested a top leader of India&#39;s striking truckers who are protesting new taxes, officials said. Truck union leaders say the arrest of OP Agrawal, chief of the All India Transport Welfare Association, would not affect the ongoing strike.
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Islamabad, Sept. 10 (PTI): Contending that linking progress on talks on Kashmir to measure the success of the Indo-Pak dialogue process could lead to frustration and deadlock, the Pakistani media has said
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The Teamsters union said it had reached a tentative contract deal with the Canadian Pacific Railway and a strike by 3,200 maintenance workers in Canada should end soon. No details of the proposed three-year contract are being released before a ratification vote. The workers have been off the job since May 15. After months of negotiations, the two sides stopped talking when the strike began. Maintenance employees have been without a contract since December.
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Bangladesh was brought to a standstill by the third general strike in a week called by the main opposition Awami League to protest against a deadly attack on a rally, police and witnesses said.
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Informal talks have eliminated the major roadblocks to a new contract, people briefed on the situation said.
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"The blockades are still there despite the ministry's decision. We'll have to see what to do today ... It's too soon for the moment to talk about using force."  By Robin PomeroyROME  - Italian truckers defied a government demand that they end their three-day-old strike on Wednesday, keeping in place road blockades that have dried up fuel supplies and stopped fresh food reaching shops and markets.The strike, in protest against high fuel costs and poor working conditions, meant supermarket shelves in places that are usually crammed with fresh fruit and vegetables were bare, and most filling stations were closed.By blockading motorways at strategic points across the country since Monday, the truckers have brought parts of the economy to a standstill. Carmaker Fiat closed down factories for lack of parts and told thousands of workers to stay at home. Read more
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Shops and businesses were shut and traffic was light in many parts of Indian Kashmir on Wednesday after separatists called a strike to mark the 57th anniversary of the arrival of Indian troops in the region.
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Truck operators today called off their week-long strike after an agreement with the Government to form a committee to study the vexed service tax issue.
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Truckers drove into Manipur on Wednesday under troop protection, despite fears of attacks by protesters trying to impose a 16-day blockade, police said.
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New Delhi, Aug 21.(PTI): The indefinite nationwide truckers&#39; strike protesting the imposition of service tax today evoked mixed response with a section of transporters in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu staying away from the protest.
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NEW DELHi, AUGUST 21: Truckers went on a nation-wide strike from Saturday to protest against the imposition of the 10 per cent service tax in the Budget.
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NEW DELHI: An Indian transport union spearheading a truckers&#39; strike yesterday welcomed a government decision to include six of its members on a panel to study a controversial tax which triggered the dispute, officials said.