Nigerian Oil Unions Take on Shell
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LAGOS, Nigeria - Oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell Group opened court action Monday to block a threatened strike targeting oil in the world&#39;s No.
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Nigerian unions Wednesday launched a potentially crippling general strike over a steep hike in petroleum prices in one of the world&#39;s foremost oil exporters.
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Dutch oil giant Shell has asked a Nigerian court to block oil workers from joining a nationwide labor strike set to begin November 16.
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A four-day national strike has begun in Nigeria in protest at a 25% increase in the cost of oil. Oil executives in Nigeria said they were confident there would be no immediate disruption to exports.
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Nigerian unions began a four-day strike on Monday, helping drive world oil prices to record highs although shipments from Africa's top exporter were unaffected.
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Lagos - Nigerian workers will disrupt their country&#39;s key oil exports of 2.5 million barrels per day when they launch an indefinite general strike on November 16, the country&#39;s top labour leader warned on Sunday.
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Rebels tell companies to shut down ahead of a planned offensive; firm sees no reason to comply. LAGOS  - Nigeria&#39;s largest oil producer Royal Dutch Shell Group said it saw no reason to discontinue
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Nigeria's Senate has ordered a subsidiary of petroleum giant Royal/Dutch Shell to pay a Nigerian ethnic group &#36;1.5 billion for oil spills in their homelands, but the legislative body can't enforce the resolution, an official said Wednesday.
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The Senate in Nigeria reportedly passes a motion requiring Shell's operation in the country to pay $1.5bn in compensation to oilfield communities.
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Long queues are reported at Nigerian petrol stations as the main unions look set to call a strike over fuel price rises.
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Nigerian militants and troops engaged in a major firefight near an oil pumping station operated by Royal Dutch Shell in the eastern part of the Niger Delta on Wednesday, militants said.
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Armed men have attacked an oil installation belonging to the Royal Dutch Shell company in Nigeria's volatile southern Niger Delta region, industry sources said.
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Nigeria&#39;s labour unions threatened to toughen their stance and bring the country to a complete standstill on Friday for the third day of an indefinite general strike.
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Tens of millions of Nigerian workers began a nationwide strike over rising fuel prices as President Olusegun Obasanjo's sought to draw union leaders into talks and world oil prices soared.
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Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Cos.'s Nigerian subsidiary hopes to restart operations quickly at all oil platforms where output was cut off after demonstrations last month, a spokesman for the company said Friday.
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Trade unions in Nigeria threaten to call a general strike in protest at recent fuel price hikes.
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Nigerian unions vowed to intensify a three-day-old strike against a rise in fuel prices in Africa's top oil producer on Friday after overnight talks ended in deadlock.