From: "Curtis Price" <cansv-AT-igc.apc.org> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 09:15:42 +0000 Subject: (Fwd) Colombian truckers to begin nationwide strike ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 17:57:30 -0700 From: NewsHound <speak-AT-hound.com> Reply-to: speak-AT-hound.com Subject: Colombian truckers to begin nationwide strike Here is your NewsHound news article from your "STRIKES" hound with a score "64." For more information, visit the NewsHound website at http://www.newshound.com or send an email to speak-AT-hound.com. Posted at 1:46 p.m. PDT Saturday, April 19, 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------ Colombian truckers to begin nationwide >>strike<< BOGOTA (Reuter) - The head of Colombia's main truck drivers' union said a nationwide >>strike<< would begin at midnight Saturday after 11th-hour talks with the government failed to produce agreement over key demands. ``The >>strike<< begins at zero hour,'' Javier Suarez, leader of the Colombian Truck Drivers' Association (ACC), told Reuters in a telephone interview. ``The >>strike<< will go forward no matter what,'' he added, dismissing reports of a possible delay in the work stoppage set to begin at 12 a.m. (0500 GMT) Sunday. The ACC represents about 80 percent of Colombia's truck drivers. The ACC called the >>strike<< in March on grounds that the government, and private companies alike, had violated terms of a pact that ended a crippling 11-day ACC >>strike<< last October. That >>strike<<, which brought most highway freight to a standstill and wreaked havoc with exports of coffee, sugar and other commodities, ended with a pledge to increase freight rates by 18 percent in January. No such increase has been implemented so far, and the ACC says most of its rank-and-file members are on the verge of bankruptcy because of soaring operating costs. The government said it may declare the >>strike<< illegal. Government officials fear leftist guerrillas may seek to take advantage of the truckers >>strike<< to add to Colombia's chronic law-and-order problems. Reut16:35 04-19-97 ------------------------------------------------------------ NewsHound is a service of Knight-Ridder, Inc. For more information, write to: speak-AT-hound.com This material is copyrighted and may not be republished without permission of the originating newspaper or wire service. ------------------------------------------------------------ + --- from list aut-op-sy-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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