Nigerian Oil Workers Threaten to Strike
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Nigeria's main oil workers union threatened to join a nationwide strike and shut down the nation's oil industry as a court rejected a government attempt Wednesday to halt the work stoppage.
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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 unions threatened to disrupt power and water supplies on Friday after talks collapsed on the third day of a general strike to protest against a rise in fuel prices.
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Nigerian labor leaders say they will end a four-day old general strike called to protest rising fuel prices in Africa&#39;s largest oil-producing nation.
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A fresh attack on oil facilities in Nigeria and possible strike action by workers there sends oil prices above $70 a barrel.
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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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An ethnic militia group in Nigeria&#39;s southeastern oil region vowed on Tuesday to attack oil workers there unless their companies shut down operations within three days.
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ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigerian unions threatened to extend their nationwide general strike, which entered its third day on Wednesday, increasing concerns about production in Africa&#39;s biggest oil-exporting nation.
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Nigerian employees of oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell embarked on a two-day "warning strike" Thursday to protest looming job cuts under a company plan to reduce costs and boost profits, company and union officials said.
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LAGOS, Oct 31  - Nigeria&#39;s main trade union body and a coalition of civil society groups vowed Sunday to bring their country&#39;s workforce out on strike from November 16 as their latest protest against rising fuel prices.
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LAGOS: A four-day general strike over rising fuel prices has begun in Nigeria, Africa&#39;s largest oil producer. The largest trade union grouping in the country, the Nigerian Labour Congress, said more strikes
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Unions vowed to extend a general strike over fuel prices in Nigeria to a second day on Tuesday, helping drive world oil prices to record highs even though shipments from Africa&#39;s top producer were unaffected.
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Nigerian unions on Thursday called off a  general strike which had jeopardized oil supplies from the  world's seventh largest exporter for four days, but threatened  more action within weeks unless the government cut fuel prices.
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The chief of Nigeria's main labor organization vowed that a four-day nationwide strike to protest fuel price hikes will go ahead Monday, and workers in the country's crude oil industry said they would join the work stoppage.
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A four-day strike against fuel price rises in Nigeria, Africa's biggest oil producer, begins.
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LAGOS : Tens of millions of Nigerian workers began a four-day nationwide strike over rising fuel prices as labour leaders launched their latest challenge to President Olusegun Obasanjo&#39;s economic reforms.
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Nigeria&#39;s main trade union body has said it is planning a second general strike to protest at fuel price rises, warning it would target oil production.