Nigerian unions begin 4-day strike against fuel price hike
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LAGOS - Nigerian unions began a four-day general strike yesterday to protest against rising fuel prices, issuing their latest challenge to President Olusegun Obasanjo and his programme of economic reforms.
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Trade Unions and civil rights groups in Nigeria, Africa&#39;s largest oil exporter, have called off a national strike over fuel prices.
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Nigeria&#39;s main labour union said it would go ahead with its general strike called for Wednesday after the government refused to reverse a 15 percent hike in the price of petrol.
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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.
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Trade unions have joined a government team to find ways of easing the impact of a 25% rise, but refused to end the protest. Nigeria is Africa&#39;s biggest oil producer and is seeking to cut heavily subsidised fuel prices.
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The chief of Nigeria&#39;s main labour organization vowed that a four-day countrywide strike to protest fuel price hikes will go ahead Monday as planned, and accused President Olusegun Obasanjo of shunning dialogue to resolve union
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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.
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Nigeria's government cuts the price of fuel in a bid to avert a planned general strike by the country's biggest unions.
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A general strike in Africa's top oil producer began on Wednesday after unions rejected government concessions on fuel prices as too little too late.
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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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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 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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LAGOS, Nigeria: A union leader who called a nationwide strike to protest rising fuel prices in Nigeria warned that the strike could be extended if serious violence breaks out or the government refuses to consider its demands.
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Soaring fuel prices have prompted Nigeria&#39;s main union to plan a Nov. 16 strike against the Royal Dutch-Shell group, the BBC reported Monday.
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A general strike in Nigeria which has  raised fears over oil supplies was set to enter a fourth day  after a court rebuffed a government request to declare it  illegal on Wednesday.
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afrol News, 11 October - Nigeria&#39;s trade unions today again lashed out against the hike in prices of petroleum products, organising a nation-wide strike.