Trucks block Manila streets to protest fuel prices
Reuters India, India - 11 hours ago
About 500 three-wheeled motor taxis joined the protest. The protesters, displaying placards and streamers, called on President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to ...
Thai Truck Drivers Strike to Protest Fuel Price Hikes
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - Jun 11, 2008
Thousands of truck drivers all over Thailand have gone on strike to protest the government’s failure to address the problem of recent fuel price hikes, ...
Security tightened as fuel protests turn violent
Reuters - 3 hours ago
In the Netherlands, protesters slowed their trucks to 50 kph
Picket killed in fuel protest in Spain
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
By Daniel Woolls | Truckers angry over soaring fuel prices blocked highways across Spain on Tuesday, disrupting supplies of food, gasoline, auto parts and other goods. A protester was killed when he was run over by a van trying to drive through a picket line.The strike, which began Monday, is the most serious labor unrest facing Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, a Socialist who came to power in March 2004
In eastern India, angry protesters overturned rickshaws and public transport vehicles to show their displeasure. Some beat people with placards and flags to discourage them from driving |
