Nigerian general strike to go ahead
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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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Defiant Nigerian union leaders took their nationwide general strike into a third day and gave no sign of faltering over their demand that President Olusegun Obasanjo find a way to slash fuel prices.
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No. 7 oil exporter turns to court to stop 3-day-old general strike that threatens crude shipments. ABUJA, Nigeria  - The Nigerian government sought a court injunction Wednesday to stop a three-day
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Nigerian unions on Monday suspended a general strike due to start on Tuesday after the government agreed to reduce domestic fuel prices, a union leader said.
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The chief of Nigeria&#39;s main labor organization vowed that a four-day nationwide strike to protest fuel price hikes will go ahead yesterday as planned, and accused President Olusegun Obasanjo of shunning dialogue to resolve union grievances.
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A general strike in Nigeria which has helped push world oil prices to record highs entered its second day Tuesday, as labor unions continued protest over the rising cost of fuel at home.
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A four-day general strike in Nigeria is expected to end shortly, with neither the unions nor government giving ground.
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ABUJA : Nigeria&#39;s unions suspended their general strike and gave President Olusegun Obasanjo&#39;s government two weeks to find a way to cut rising fuel prices, the country&#39;s top labour leader said.
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The head of Nigeria's main labor union said Tuesday the group would decide over the next 24 hours whether to restart a four-day strike that crippled business throughout Africa's most populous nation earlier this month.
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ABUJA  - Nigerian union leaders vowed Monday to push on with a four-day general strike over rising fuel prices after side-stepping an attempt by President Olusegun Obasanjo&#39;s government to appease them with talks.
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Lagos, Nigeria, 10/11 - The four-day strike called by a coalition of Nigerian labour unions and civil society organisations to protest recent fuel price hike started Monday in the country.
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Lagos - Nigeria&#39;s main umbrella union would go ahead with a general strike today amid confusion over the whereabouts of its leader following his detention by security agents, the blue-collar Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said yesterday.
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Oil workers in a key Nigerian petroleum center said they would go ahead with a strike planned Monday unless two expatriate oil executives blamed for cutting worker benefits heed their call to leave the country.
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Nigerian trade union leaders have vowed to press on with their four-day general strike, despite government efforts to placate them with talks.
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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 as planned, and accused President Olusegun Obasanjo of shunning dialogue to resolve union grievances.
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Nigeria&#39;s umbrella trade union body Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) decided today to hold the next in a series of general strikes to protest against rising fuel prices on Nov. 16, Adams Oshiomhole, the NLC president, said.
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Lagos - Nigerian unions on Monday suspended a general strike due to start on Tuesday after the government agreed to reduce domestic fuel prices, a union leader said.