We Cover Truckers, transporters and lorry drivers STRIKES world wide
Argentina
9/2/08 Argentine grains truckers said on Tuesday they would extend a six-day-old pay protest against leading exporters to the port of Quequen, deepening a strike that threatens to disrupt shipments. reuters.com
Australia
7/28/08 Australia, TWU puts little faith in truck strike abc.net.au
6 July 08 Australia, national strike. Drivers from NSW, Victoria and Queensland will take action from midnight on July 27. greenleft.org.au
7/27/08 Australia, truckers. Some rogue trucking groups have threatened violence towards drivers who continue to work during the unofficial strike. abc.net.au
7/18/08 Australia, Organisers say 80 per cent of Australia's truck drivers will go on strike from July the 28th, until a long list of demands are met.abc.net.au
06/26/2008 Aussie truckers might strike todaystrucking.com
Brazil
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Truckers across Brazil started an open-ended strike on Wednesday, protesting high fuel prices and a proposed ban on trucks in Sao Paulo during peak hours to ease the business capital's grinding traffic jams. Only independent truckers -- about half of the country's truck fleet -- stopped work, and commodities and shipping officials said there was little immediate impact.
Colombia
8/16/08 Colombian truck drivers have reached an agreement with the government to end a two-week-old strike that had slowed coffee exports. guardian.co.uk
1/8/08 Colombian coffee exports slowed by trucker strike. guardian.co.uk/business
Egypt:- Truck strike of three days over
England
6/12/08 UK Fuel blockade: Tanker drivers threaten to cut supplies from oil refineries By Ray Massey, dailymail.co
UK Drivers say they will hold a second four-day stoppage next weekend if an agreement cannot be reached. bbcnews
6/20/08 UK fishermen protesting bournemouthecho.co.uk
France
French truck strike, lorry strike, December, 09 , expect borders to be blocked, food shortages, gasoline shortages, a mess for travellers.
Germany
6/12/08 German carmakers fear Spanish truckers' strike will halt forbes
Greece
1/21/10 Greek farmers block borders and highways with tractors into out of Greek northern borders into Bulgaria and Macedonia. see our front page
9/23/08 Greece, Athens. Hundreds of lorries remained stuck in long queues at customs stations across Greece on Tuesday earthtimes.org
India
Starting 5 January, 2009, India,Transporters whole country of India, country wide on strike.. This is what people are asking:
"why is there lorry drivers strike in india"?how long will this Lorry strike strike?(Google: "how long will the lorry strike be in india")3 July 08 India, Government considering sops to end truckers’strike hindustantimes.com
4 July 08 India, Indian truckers end strike after officials agree to not raise road tolls for at least 1 year. IHT
India
2 July 08 Truck operators body All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) today said it will not withdraw its indefinite nationwide strike call from July 2 unless the government agrees to its all demands. Italy
General strike by italian truckers, 5 days, from the 9 to 13 December. Stock up now, expect shortages of food, medicine and fuel. Must have been called off? Italian lorry drivers strike
8/24/08 Japan, KOBE--Container transport firms with businesses in Kobe and Osaka ports suspended operations for 24 hours yomiuri.co.jp
Mexico 2009, truck strike
7/7/08 Monrovia, Transport Union Condemns Strike Action, Calls on Drivers to Return to the Traffic .liberianobserver.com
6/12/08 Netherlands, truckers Thursday blocked roads at 18 points throughout the country for about half an hour by driving at 50 kilometres per hour, provoking 100 kilometres of traffic jams, per country's automobile club
2July 08 NZ There is going to be a trucker strike in the centre of Auckland during the Friday AM rush hour. It starts at 7:30 am
Nigeria 4/21/09 Fuel Crisis punchng.com
Pakistan, March, 09 Afganistan border.
6 July 08, Pakistan, Karachi, Wheel-jam-strike would not be suspended. 11 and 12 July. sindhtoday.net
9 June 08 Portugal's largest retailers said on Monday supermarkets could run out of food because of a strike by truckers and accused police of standing by as picket lines stopped transport. reuters
6/12/08 Portugal, returning to normal theearthtimemes
MADRID (AFP)Spanish fishermen and truck drivers stepped up their national strike against rising fuel prices afpgoogle
9 June 08, Spanish transport strike could rock Gibralter. In the Cadiz province alone there are about 3,500 lorries which have been urged to join the strike. This affects the small van to the huge trailers. All types of products are due to be affected, such as food supplies and petrol deliveries. It is said that within 3 days of the strike, the effects will begin to be felt as the big supermarkets etc start to sell their stocks without the usual replenishments. panorama.gi5 June 08, Spanish truck drivers on Friday joined fishermen in a national strike protesting fuel prices that has dogged the country for the past week, a road transport association said. AFP.GOOGLE.COM10/20/08 Uganda Long-distance truck drivers yesterday went on strike at Malaba border post, in protest against the poor state of the custom’s parking yard, paralysing trade between Uganda and Kenya. .monitor.co.ug
8/25/08 RAWALPINDI: Muttahida Transport Federation (MTF) on Sunday called off the Monday’s wheel-jam strike after successful negotiations with Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Raja Rifat Mukhtar.dailytimes.com.pk8/25/08 Strike ended. Over 200 drivers had parked their vehicles at Malaba in Kenya in protest, posing danger to Ugandan traders moving perishable goods..newvision.co.ugSouth Africa, Easter week 2009, country wide.
7/29/08 South Africa Strike: Tanker Drivers Resort to Prayers. thisdayonline.com
S.Korea, Truckers, Construction Unions to Strike The trade union of truckers said it will hold a strike as planned as the government's latest steps to alleviate the rise in oil price hikes are insufficient to help cover their losses. koreatimes.co.kr
6/20/08 S Korean truck driver strike called off abc.net.au
9 June 08 S.Korea, Truckers, Construction Unions to Strike The trade union of truckers said it will hold a strike as planned as the government's latest steps to alleviate the rise in oil price hikes are insufficient to help cover their losses. koreatimes.co.kr
6/18/08 South Korean prosecutors seeking to arrest 12 striking truckers signonsandiego.com
South Korean car, construction and other unionised workers threaten to halt work this week in anger at the policies of the president, on top of a truckers' strike that has slowed transport in the export-dependent country. thestar.com.my6/11/08 UPDATE:Riot police have been deployed in Spain to lift blockades by striking truckers who have disrupted food and fuel supplies Thepressassociation10 June 08, Thousands of British tourists face holiday chaos as Spanish truckers strike bitesSpanish fuel strike is called off UK Press.google
Renault suffers lost production of 9,000 cars due to Spain trucker strike6/13/08 The shellfish industry on the Western Isles has been hit by industrial action by Spanish lorry drivers. bbc6/11/08 UPDATE:Riot police have been deployed in Spain to lift blockades by striking truckers who have disrupted food and fuel supplies Thepressassociation6/11/08 Thousands of truckers went on a half-day strike in Thailand on Wednesday demanding government help against rising fuel prices, the latest in a series of protests that have swept across Asia and Europe. nationalpost.com8/26/08 Uruguayan dock workers block exports in strike .iht.com
14 July 08 Tanker Drivers Suspend Strike, Begin Product Lifting. thisdayonline
6/19/08 Truckers’ Strike Threatens Busan Port.USA
1/21/2010 Oakland, California, truck strike over new RFID system, requires trucks to have a tag stating truck is in compliance with the California Air Resources Board truck registry database.
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- UK. Christmas is coming. Freight Transport Association Drivers are reminded of the golden rule - to only accept changes in their delivery or collection instructions from those they know in their own traffic offices.
- Double whammy in Europe, December, 2009. Italian and French truck drivers will strike back to back, expect severe delays at borders.
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