LISBON: Portugal's fuel-tanker drivers voted on Sunday (Aug 18) to call off an indefinite strike, with their union agreeing to negotiate with ...
LISBON: Portugal's fuel-tanker drivers voted on Sunday to call off an indefinite strike, with their union agreeing to negotiate with employers in government-brokered talks due on Tuesday.
The drivers' return to work is a relief for Portugal's Socialist government which feared the impact of a prolonged strike on the country's tourism-dependent economy. The tourist-packed Algarve in the south was the hardest hit by the strike, with the largest marina in the region running out of fuel on Thursday. It has since been refueled.Channel NewsAsia - Sentifi topic widget
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