NewsWhore
07-02-2008, 06:30 PM
The National Federation of Dominican Transportation (Fenatrado) will hold a six-hour work stoppage today in protest against the removal of the subsidy given to the transport unions as a way of holding down the cost of freight and passenger services. Ricardo de los Santos, the union vice-president, told reporters that the work stoppage would start this morning and end at noon. A total of 106 groups and approximately 42,000 truckers were due to stop work this morning, stopping at the access points to highways and thoroughfares and on the Malecon seafront boulevard in Santo Domingo, as well as near the mega-port in Boca Chica. According to de los Santos, their clients were duly warned about the work stoppage.
For years now, the National Council for Private Business (CONEP) and other business organizations have been challenging the government for accepting FENATRADO's unilateral requirement that its truckers be assigned at least 50% of all cargo out of ports. The business groups call for freedom for companies to choose who can transport their cargo, and for being able to use their own trucks. The work stoppage is the latest chapter in FENATRADO's efforts to impose its union muscle, which up till now has only been met with government complacency.
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For years now, the National Council for Private Business (CONEP) and other business organizations have been challenging the government for accepting FENATRADO's unilateral requirement that its truckers be assigned at least 50% of all cargo out of ports. The business groups call for freedom for companies to choose who can transport their cargo, and for being able to use their own trucks. The work stoppage is the latest chapter in FENATRADO's efforts to impose its union muscle, which up till now has only been met with government complacency.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)