Truckers begin All-India strike
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With the All India Motor Transport Congress rejecting the government&#39;s last-minute bid for a negotiated settlement, truck owners have gone on an indefinite strike demanding the scrapping of service tax.
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NEW DELHI: The Tamil Nadu Lorry Owners&#39; Federation has decided not to support the strike call given by All India Motor Transport Congress against levy of a 10 per cent service tax on freight booking agents.
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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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National strike will hit public transport across nation.
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Israel&#39;s main labor unions launched a nationwide general strike on Tuesday, grounding all international air traffic, paralyzing most public services and even preventing burial of the dead.
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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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Shops and businesses were shut and traffic was light in many parts of Indian Kashmir on Wednesday as separatists called a strike to mark the 57th anniversary of the start of New Delhi&#39;s rule over the region.
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Toll collectors and other Pennsylvania Turnpike workers went on strike Wednesday, union officials said. The strike began in the pre-dawn hours of the day before Thanksgiving, one of the busiest travel days of the year.
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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 will
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NEW DELHI, Aug. 21. - The indefinite nationwide strike by truck operators against imposition of service tax evoked a mixed response on the first day of the stir today even as government appeared unwilling
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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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NEW DELHI: The truckers strike was called off early on Saturday morning following a settlement reached with the government. The settlement was arrived at after a marathon meeting lasting over nine hours where
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India's truck operators stay off the roads for a third day in protest over the introduction of a new freight tax.
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Truckers have threatened to sharply escalate a week-old strike on Friday by vowing to disrupt supplies of essential commodities if the Government did not scrap a service tax on booking agents and release arrested leaders.
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France s rail and electricity workers began a one-day strike today, joining other public service staff in week-long protests against government plans that they say will result in job losses and lower wages.
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LAGOS, 11 Oct 2004 (IRIN) - Several of Nigeria&#39;s biggest cities were paralysed on Monday as labour unions began a four-day general strike to protest at the latest fuel price increases under President Olusegun Obasanjoâs deregulation programme.
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The United Auto Workers union on Monday  called the first national strike against General Motors  Corp since 1970 after contract talks stalled, sending  more than 73,000 factory workers to picket lines.