Industry wary as truckers strike enter 3rd day
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NEW DELHI/BOMBAY: Millions of truckers stayed off the roads for a third day on Monday in protest against a proposed service tax on freight booking agents.
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New Delhi, August 26: The sixth day of the truckersâ strike on Thursday saw 12 more truckers being arrested under the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA)in the Capital.
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Prices of vegetables, fruits and other perishable commodities shot up on Sunday though movement of essential goods across the country by and large remained unaffected as the truckers&#39; strike to protest imposition of service tax entered the second day.
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The nationwide indefinite strike of truck operators entered the second day today due to the deadlock in talks between the Finance Ministry and truck operatorsâ associations.
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Truckers kept millions of vehicles off the roads on Tuesday, the fourth day of a strike against a proposed service tax on freight booking agents, and a million bank workers were set to stage a one-day strike over pay.
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Unions look set to back industrial action at BAA airports, but consider festive amnesty
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As television and movie writers entered the third day of their strike against Hollywood producers, the walkout continued to complicate matters for the networks.
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New Delhi, August 21 (NNN): An indefinite nationwide strike of truckers protesting against the imposition of service tax on Saturday evoked mixed response with a section of transporters in Karnataka and Tamilnadu staying away from the protest.
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DETROIT - The strike at General Motors Corp. will cause US production losses of 760 vehicles per hour and could shut the automaker's facilities in Canada and Mexico within three days, a leading industry analyst said yesterday.
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The news that Mexican trucks will be allowed to haul freight deeper into the United States drew an angry reaction Friday from labor leaders, safety advocates and members of Congress.
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AS Americans came together to remember the third anniversary of the September 11 attacks yesterday, two companies that lost more than 730 workers in the terrorist strikes filed
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NEW DELHI: Prices of vegetables, fruits and poultry are likely to escalate by 5-6 per cent as truckers under the banner of the All India Motor Vehicle Transport Congress (AIMVC) went on strike on Saturday.
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The third fatal accident involving a Metro worker and one of its trains in a little more than a year brought an unusually harsh rebuke yesterday from federal transportation officials, who called the transit agency's performance "unacceptable."
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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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Workers could be offered pay settlements lasting up to three years
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A strike by thousands of Indian truckers protesting a proposed new tax entered its third day, with officials reporting a sharp increase in prices of essential goods in major centres.
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By Bloomberg News. Employees representing 4 percent of the work force of Canada Post, the government-owned letter carrier, have threatened to strike by Dec. 8 unless they receive improvements in health benefits and job security.