Indian truckers strike over tax
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A strike by India&#39;s biggest group of truck owners has moved into its third day, as a row over a new tax continues. About 60% of goods in India are carried by road, so the stoppage has led to fears of goods shortages that could fuel already-high inflation.
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Government condemns surprise strike action over pay as 'illegal'.
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Political parties in India's West Bengal state call for fresh strikes in defiance of a court order declaring them illegal.
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Protesters strike in the  Indian state of Andhra Pradesh over the killing of a leading opposition politician.
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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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Government-licensed "fair price shops" go on strikes in India's West Bengal state in protest against attacks.
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Farmers and lorry drivers are taking part in protests across the UK against the rising cost of fuel.
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Festive deliveries to Iceland stores in London, the South East and East Anglia are to be hit by a series of strikes.
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An Indian transport union spearheading a truckers' strike has called off its week-long agitation after reaching an agreement with the government to form a panel to study a controversial tax, an official said.
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NEW DELHI: The All India Motor Transport Congress on Saturday called off their seven-day old &#39;indefinite&#39; truckers strike after it reached on an agreement with Government on the contentious issue of service tax and various other demands.
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Prices for food and essential commodities spiraled upward Tuesday as thousands of truck drivers in India ignored a government appeal to call off a four-day-old nationwide strike.
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THE striking transporters on Thursday adopted an aggressive stand after the Delhi Police arrested some of their leaders including the former President of the All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC), Mr OP Agarwal, here.
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Indian truckers have called off their weeklong strike to protest a service tax after reaching an agreement with the government, the finance ministry said Saturday.
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Foreign construction workers in the Gulf state of Dubai go on strike over pay and conditions.
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Thousands of textile factory workers took to the streets blocking a major highway in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Saturday, demanding a pay rise and overtime payments.
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Hundreds of Chinese migrant workers have been attacked after striking over unpaid wages, state media reports.
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The government and India&#39;s main truckers group were unable to reach agreement in talks Friday to halt a weeklong strike that has caused shortages and higher prices for vegetables, fruits, milk and other commodities.