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Farmers resume strike against export tax


May 2008 ... more > Top ^

May.28
  Argentina: The farm groups went on strike for the third time in nearly three months to protest high export taxes, 44 percents

May.7
  Argentina: Farmers decided to resume a strike that cut exports, blocked roads and emptied store shelves last month. The farmers would go on strike for 8 days


April 2008 ... more > Top ^

Apr.2 Farmers suspend strike, open roads
  Argentina: Rebellious farmers are suspending a 21-day strike over government tax hikes, after lifting many of the highway blockades

March 2008 ... more > Top ^

Mar.31 Striking farmers resume blockades
  Argentina: Farmers seething at export taxes on their crops resumed blockades of rural highways after talks failed to end a 19-day-old strike
Mar.28 Farmers move to end strike
  Argentina: Argentine farmers lifted roadblocks, easing a 15-day strike that has caused traffic jams and depleted grocery shelves across the country Mar.25 Farmers strike leaves shelves bare
  Argentina: A strike by farmers, who are protesting an increase in export taxes for their products, continued for a 13th day with no solution in sight


year 2007 Top ^

Mar.30 Strike paralyses airports
  Brazil: All flights out of major airports have been suspended after a hunger strike was announced by air-traffic controllers

year 2006 Top ^

Oct.23 Transport strike cripples Uruguay  20,000 lorry drivers and some 5,000 taxi drivers striking in protest at rise in the price of diesel Aug.31 Strike ends at Escondida
  Chile: Workers at the mine voted to end their 25-day strike, a labor union official reported
Mar.7 Emergency declared in 3 states  Ecuador: President Alfredo Palacio declared a state of emergency after a strike by contract workers cut oil production

year 2005 Top ^



year 2003 Top ^

Feb.9   Chavez threatens to jail strikers  Venezuela: President threatened to jail thousands of oil workers fired for leading a 2-month strike against him Jan.11   Chavez brands strikers as 'terrorists'  Venezuela: President threatened to take over banks which joined the six-week shutdown

year 2002 Top ^

Dec.19 Oil execs defy court order, stay off job
  Venezuela: Dissident executives of state-owned company defied a Supreme Court ruling to immediately return to work Dec.5   Troops step into strike
  Venezuela: President Chavez has ordered the military to seize control of tankers and refineries May.20 Protesters demanding food, jobs  Argentina: Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets demanding change in the government's economic policies

year 2001 Top ^

Dec.10 Strike closes cities
  Venezuela: 12-hour strike called jointly by trade unions and business organisations. Residents of Caracas banged pots and pans Nov.29 Business calls strike  Venezuela: Private business sector is calling a one-day national shutdown on December 10 to protest disputed economic reforms Jul.27 Pay cuts blocked  Argentina: A labor judge ruled that a decree cutting government workers' salaries cannot go into effect Jul.20 Union sues Coca-Cola  Colombia: Bottlers charged they are working with death squads to kill and intimidate workers

year 2000 Top ^

Nov.24 Gridlocked by strikers' roadblocks  Argentina: General strike drew government fire against union roadblocks Nov.16 Nationwide strike call  Argentina: General Workers' Confederation plans a 24-hour stoppage



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