Tag: #Strike
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APOTA goes on strike triggering fears of severe oil shortfall in the country: Report
Karachi, July 16 (online): All Pakistan Oil Tankers Association (APOTA) has gone on strike and suspended oil supply across the country. Severe oil shortfall is likely in the country in the face of this strike within 24 hours. Announcing to observe country wide strike, APOTA Senior Vice Chairman Shams Shahwani has said there will be…
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COVID-19: Young Doctors Association on a strike against Health Minister
Lahore, 17th April: Young Doctors Association (YDA) in Pakistan has gone on a strike against the poor condition of the safety equipment provided to the doctors and nurses during a time when a pandemic is prevalent in the country. According to reports of Baaghi TV, the Young Doctors Association has gone on a hunger strike…
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Student protest continue across India against JNU attack
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9 (APP): Students came out in large numbers across India on Wednesday to protest Sunday’s violence against students at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) while Opposition parties, including the Congress, announced they would soon meet to decide their future course of action. In a separate development, New Delhi moved the Supreme Court, seeking…
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Indian police open fire to clear strike protests
Kolkata, Jan 8 (AFP/APP): Indian police fired live rounds Wednesday to break up a protest by strikers taking part in nationwide action against government economic policies, officials said. The strike, called by unions which claim 250 million members, disrupted public transport, public-owned banks and some auto-industry factories across several states. West Bengal was the worst…
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Union boss defiant on France’s longest strike in decades
Paris, Dec 27 (AFP/APP): The boss of a hardline French trade union on Friday vowed to press on with a strike that has crippled transport in Paris for the past three weeks and is now the longest-lasting such action since the 1980s. The strike against pension reforms championed by President Emmanuel Macron began on December…
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French PM refuses to back down on pension reform plan
Paris, Dec 11 (AFP/APP): France’s prime minister on Wednesday refused to back down on his government’s controversial pension reform plans in the face of a crippling week-old transport freeze. Edouard Philippe said he stood “firm” on the principle of his proposed pension changes but that he remained open to discussions on the measures. Earlier he…
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Unrelenting transport chaos as French strike bites
Paris, Dec 8 (AFP/APP) :French President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and senior cabinet ministers met late Sunday to discuss the government’s proposed pensions reforms as public transport in France was crippled for a fourth day running in protest. The country’s powerful labour unions, who claim the reforms will force many to work longer…
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France’s Macron to hold meeting on pensions as strike bites
Paris, Dec 8 (AFP/APP): French President Emmanuel Macron will on Sunday meet ministers involved in his radical pension reform which has prompted a nationwide strike and brought key transport services to a standstill. Transport in Paris remained paralysed Sunday, with only the two driverless lines of the Metro in operation while national rail operator SNCF…
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No let-up in French strikes with fresh turmoil awaited
Paris, Dec 7 (AFP/APP): France was on Saturday expecting its most serious nationwide strike in years to paralyse the country over the weekend, with unions warning the turmoil would last well into next week. The challenge thrown to President Emmanuel Macron over his plans for radical pension reform has seen hundreds of thousands take to…
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90% of French high-speed trains cancelled Friday due to strike: rail operator
Paris, Dec 5 (AFP/APP): French rail operator SNCF said Thursday that it had cancelled 90 percent of all high-speed TGV trains and 70 percent of regional trains for Friday due to a strike over the government’s pension reforms. SNCF said that services would “still be very disrupted” on the second day of the biggest transport…